Parker Tomb, 8 Yards East of North West Chancel Corner of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tomb.
Parker Tomb, 8 Yards East of North West Chancel Corner of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- noble-thatch-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 139 646
- Coordinates
- 51.36926, -0.36414
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parker Tomb is a chest tomb dedicated to John Parker, who died in 1749. It is located 8 yards east of the northwest chancel corner of the Church of St. George in Esher. The tomb is made of stone and sits on a stone plinth, standing approximately 4½ feet high. It has a rectangular shape with a central projecting square panel. The lid is stepped and flat, with a pyramidal section above the square base, topped by an oak button finial.
Local climate
Parker Tomb, 8 Yards East of North West Chancel Corner of Church of St George 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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