Moore Chest Tomb 20 Yards South of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Surrey Heath local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Chest tomb.
Moore Chest Tomb 20 Yards South of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- sharp-gargoyle-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Surrey Heath
- Constituency
- Surrey Heath MP: Dr Al Pinkerton (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 973 617
- Coordinates
- 51.34674, -0.60323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Moore Chest Tomb, located 20 yards south of the Church of St. Lawrence in Chobham, is a Grade II listed structure dedicated to Edmund Moore, who died in 1750. The tomb features a stone plinth with a stepped base and raised panelled sides that include recessed angle piers decorated with vermiculated bands. The lid is made of grey stone, inscribed, and topped with a Coat of Arms, which is surrounded by a moulded edge.
Local climate
Moore Chest Tomb 20 Yards South of Church of St Lawrence 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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