Parson Tomb Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of St John the Evangelist is a Grade II listed building in the Guildford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Tomb.
Parson Tomb Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of St John the Evangelist
- WRENN ID
- last-steel-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Guildford
- Constituency
- Guildford MP: Zöe Franklin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 998 507
- Coordinates
- 51.24717, -0.57109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dating from 1751, located approximately 5 metres north of the Church of St John the Evangelist. The tomb features a moulded stone plinth at the base, with incised and panelled sides. The corners have set back piers that are adorned with acanthus leaf sockets. The lid is flat and darker in colour, with a moulded lip and remnants of a railed surround.
Local climate
Parson Tomb Approximately 5 Metres North of Church of St John the Evangelist receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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