Adams Tomb, 2 Yards West of Garden of Rest is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tomb.
Adams Tomb, 2 Yards West of Garden of Rest
- WRENN ID
- inner-alcove-ochre
- 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 172 658
- Coordinates
- 51.37974, -0.31689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Adams Tomb is a chest tomb located 2 yards west of the Garden of Rest in Long Ditton. It is dedicated to Margaret Adams, who died in 1824. The tomb is constructed of stone on a stone plinth and features battering at the top. It has raised panelled sides with set back angle piers and a hipped lid.
Local climate
Adams Tomb, 2 Yards West of Garden of Rest 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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