Shakespear Tomb, 10 Yards East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Tomb.
Shakespear Tomb, 10 Yards East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sharp-beam-umber
- 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 102 665
- Coordinates
- 51.38705, -0.41728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shakespear tomb is a chest tomb dedicated to Matthew Shakespear, who died in 1774. It is located 10 yards east of the Church of St. Mary in Walton on Thames. The tomb is made of stone and sits on a brick plinth. It features panelled, inscribed sides and has a stone top with a moulded edge. Fluted piers are present at the corners.
Local climate
Shakespear Tomb, 10 Yards East of Church of St Mary 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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