Tomb of Julia Jekyll in the Graveyard of the Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 2001. Tomb.
Tomb of Julia Jekyll in the Graveyard of the Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- slow-bronze-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 2001
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Julia Jekyll in the Graveyard of the Church of St John, Brighton Road, Godalming
- OS grid reference
- SU 978 428
- Coordinates
- 51.17682, -0.60155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombstone of Julia Jekyll is located in the graveyard of the Church of St John the Baptist in Godalming, Busbridge. It was created around 1895 by the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens to commemorate Julia Jekyll, who was the mother of Gertrude Jekyll. The tomb features a moulded stone slab with a curved top, adorned with a cross in relief that has a splayed top and arms. An inscription is located at the base of the tombstone. This tomb is noted in the catalogue of the Lutyens Exhibition at the Haywood Gallery, edited by Margaret Richardson.
Local climate
Tomb of Julia Jekyll in the Graveyard of the Church of St John receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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