Rockshute Tomb in Smallcombe Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Chest tomb.
Rockshute Tomb in Smallcombe Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- blind-pillar-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Bath MP: Wera Hobhouse (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 2010
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Rockshute Tomb in Smallcombe Cemetery, Horseshoe Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 762 640
- Coordinates
- 51.37544, -2.34213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rockshute tomb in Smallcombe Cemetery is a chest tomb dating from around 1873, constructed from limestone and designed in an early 18th-century style. It features a plinth and a chest with sunk panels, which are supported by large consoles at either end. The tomb has a cavetto cornice and a slab top that is pedimented on the long sides. There is a broken marble panel on the top, which includes an inscription commemorating Thomas Rockshute, who died in 1873. This tomb represents an unusual style for its date.
Local climate
Rockshute Tomb in Smallcombe Cemetery receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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