Whitelake Tomb 1 Yard East of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Tandridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Tomb.
Whitelake Tomb 1 Yard East of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- upper-screen-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tandridge
- Constituency
- East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 390 529
- Coordinates
- 51.25911, -0.00835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whitelake Tomb, located 1 yard east of the chancel in Oxted, is a chest tomb dedicated to Richard Whitelake, who died in 1742. It is made of stone and features a plinth with panelled sides and moulded edging. The tomb has gadrooned corner piers and a curved edge on the lid.
Local climate
Whitelake Tomb 1 Yard East of Chancel receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Whitbread Tomb Approximately 40 Metres North of West End of Church of St Keyne
- 2 Whitbye chest tomb 6 metres south of south-east corner of chancel of the Church of Saint Mary
- 3 Whistler Tomb, 5 Metres South of South Door to Chancel
- 4 White Tomb 12 Metres South West of Priest's Door in Chancel of Church of St Andrew
- 5 Whittock Monument in Churchyard, 9 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Peter
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings