Churchyard of Church of Saint John the Baptist (Chest Tomb Opposite West Door) is a Grade II listed building in the Runnymede local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1986. Chest tomb.
Churchyard of Church of Saint John the Baptist (Chest Tomb Opposite West Door)
- WRENN ID
- silver-truss-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Runnymede
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge MP: Dr Ben Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Churchyard of Church of Saint John the Baptist (Chest Tomb Opposite West Door), High Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 012 713
- Coordinates
- 51.43227, -0.54435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located in the churchyard of the Church of Saint John the Baptist, dates from the mid-19th century and is designed in the Greek revival style. It features a beaded base moulding on the plinth and swept end supports adorned with a water leaf motif. The tomb includes a plain inscription panel and a frieze decorated with acanthus and egg and dart motifs. At the top, there is a pediment embellished with acanthus and acroteria.
Local climate
Churchyard of Church of Saint John the Baptist (Chest Tomb Opposite West Door) 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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