Gapper tomb 9 metres west of tower of Church of St. Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Elmbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Chest tomb.
Gapper tomb 9 metres west of tower of Church of St. Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- twisted-foundation-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Elmbridge
- Constituency
- Esher and Walton MP: Monica Harding (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 160 672
- Coordinates
- 51.3926, -0.33306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gapper tomb, located 9 metres west of the tower of the Church of St. Nicholas in Thames Ditton, is a Grade II listed chest tomb dedicated to Charles Gapper, dating from 1804. It is constructed of stone on a stone plinth and features a rectangular shape with paired fluted pilaster strips at the corners. The sides of the tomb have oval inscription panels, and it is topped with a hipped design.
Local climate
Gapper tomb 9 metres west of tower of Church of St. Nicholas 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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