Barker Tomb, 9 Metres North East of Chancel 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.
Barker Tomb, 9 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
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- 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 798 763
- Coordinates
- 51.48009, -0.85191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barker tomb, located 9 metres northeast of the chancel of the Church of St. James, is a low chest tomb made of plain stone. It features a large surrounding ground stone slab and a T-shaped palisade with spear top railings and scrolled support brackets at intervals. There is also an iron entrance gate that matches the palisade, situated at the west end.
Local climate
Barker Tomb, 9 Metres North East of Chancel 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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