Armstrong Tomb Approx. 55 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1983. Tomb.
Armstrong Tomb Approx. 55 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- pitched-chapel-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 797 762
- Coordinates
- 51.47979, -0.85266
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Armstrong tomb, located approximately 55 metres south west of the tower of the Church of St. James, is a 19th-century chest tomb made of stone. It features a moulded top and panelled sides, surrounded by a high palisade of iron railings topped with spears, which include urns at the centres and corners.
Local climate
Armstrong Tomb Approx. 55 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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