Shrapnell Tomb 20 Yards North West of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Woking local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1984. Tomb.
Shrapnell Tomb 20 Yards North West of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- narrow-tower-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Woking
- Constituency
- Woking MP: Mr Will Forster (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 062 604
- Coordinates
- 51.33294, -0.47595
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shrapnell Tomb, located 20 yards northwest of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, is a chest tomb dating from 1818, dedicated to Mrs. Elizabeth Shrapnell. It is constructed of stone with panelled sides featuring a fluted edge band and corner rosettes, topped with a gabled roof. The tomb also has the remains of a railed surround set in a stone plinth.
Local climate
Shrapnell Tomb 20 Yards North West of Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% 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 67% 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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