Two Tomb Chests Approximately 27 Metres South of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Tomb.
Two Tomb Chests Approximately 27 Metres South of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- odd-porch-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 192 579
- Coordinates
- 51.3083, -0.28989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two tomb chests, dating from the late 18th century, are located approximately 27 metres south of the Church of St Giles. They are made of limestone ashlar and designed in a classical style. The first tomb chest commemorates William Syms, who died in 1774, featuring raised fielded panels on the sides and ends, with wide vase-profile corners and a lid that has a moulded edge. The second tomb chest is for John [Rulqoek?], who died in 1789, and has side and end panels with concave corners, framed by vertical strips of horizontal fluting. Its lid also has a moulded edge, but the inscription is heavily eroded and mostly illegible.
Local climate
Two Tomb Chests Approximately 27 Metres South of Church of St Giles 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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