1 Horses Tomb, Some Yards to the East of the Ride Leading South from the Durdans is a Grade II listed building in the Epsom and Ewell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1974. Tomb.

1 Horses Tomb, Some Yards to the East of the Ride Leading South from the Durdans

WRENN ID
final-threshold-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epsom and Ewell
Constituency
Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1974
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
TQ 209 594
Coordinates
51.32174, -0.26623
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The horse's tomb, located a few yards east of the ride leading south from The Durdans on Chalk Lane in Epsom, dates back to the 19th century. It features a stone slab that is surrounded by ornamental iron railings. The slab is incised with the name of the horse, Amato, who was the winner of the 1838 Derby.

Local climate

1 Horses Tomb, Some Yards to the East of the Ride Leading South from the Durdans sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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