Canning Tomb Approximatley 9 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1984. Tomb.
Canning Tomb Approximatley 9 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Mary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Berkshire
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 667 760
- Coordinates
- 51.4796, -1.04051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Canning Tomb, located approximately 9 metres northwest of the tower of the Church of St. Mary, is an early 19th-century chest tomb designed in a Neo-classical style. The top of the tomb features four chamfered faces, with acroteria at each corner and a central urn. The corners are fluted. Surrounding the tomb is a cast iron railed enclosure adorned with arrow heads and shaped standards topped with urn finials. The inscription on the tomb was illegible at the time of resurvey. It is believed that Thomas Canning was the brother of George Canning, who served as foreign secretary and briefly as prime minister in 1827.
Local climate
Canning Tomb Approximatley 9 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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