Simonds Family Tomb 4 Metres North of Old Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Tomb.
Simonds Family Tomb 4 Metres North of Old Church
- WRENN ID
- veiled-garret-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Wokingham MP: Clive Jones (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 749 680
- Coordinates
- 51.40639, -0.92359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Simonds family tomb, located 4 metres north of the old church, is a chest tomb dating from 1817 to 1835. It is constructed of stone and features inverted tapered sides on a plinth, fluted corner pilasters, a moulded cornice, and a cross-gabled lid.
Local climate
Simonds Family Tomb 4 Metres North of Old Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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