Banks Tomb 15 Yards North of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Banks Tomb 15 Yards North of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- burning-vault-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Reigate and Banstead
- Constituency
- Reigate MP: Rebecca Paul (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 564
- Coordinates
- 51.29243, -0.16077
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Banks Tomb, located 15 yards north of the Church of St. Margaret, is a chest tomb dedicated to Sir Edwards Banks, who died in 1835. It is made of stone and features foliage carving on its curved corners. The tomb has a pedestal on top, which supports a funerary urn that is crowned above a Grecian frieze. This tomb holds group value with the Church of St. Margaret.
Local climate
Banks Tomb 15 Yards North of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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- 4 Tombchest Immediately East of St Margarets Church
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