William and Elizabeth Simonds Chest Tomb in St Nicholas Church Yard, 5 Metres North of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Tomb.
William and Elizabeth Simonds Chest Tomb in St Nicholas Church Yard, 5 Metres North of Church
- WRENN ID
- rough-gateway-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 794 729
- Coordinates
- 51.45032, -0.85753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The William and Elizabeth Simonds chest tomb, located in the churchyard of St Nicholas, dates from around 1800. This tomb features double panelled sides and is situated 5 metres north of the church.
Local climate
William and Elizabeth Simonds Chest Tomb in St Nicholas Church Yard, 5 Metres North of Church 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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