Beckford tomb 40 metres north of the tower of Church of St. Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tomb.
Beckford tomb 40 metres north of the tower of Church of St. Andrew
- WRENN ID
- haunted-terrace-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 107 597
- Coordinates
- 51.32634, -0.41193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beckford tomb, located 40 metres north of the tower of the Church of St. Andrew in Cobham, is a chest tomb dedicated to Mrs. Elizabeth Beckford, who died in 1837. The tomb is made of stone and has a rectangular shape with panelled sides. It features moulded capitals on the corner piers and a moulded edge along the lid.
Local climate
Beckford tomb 40 metres north of the tower of Church of St. Andrew 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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