Watson Tomb in Church of All Saints Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Bath and North East Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 2010. Tomb.
Watson Tomb in Church of All Saints Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- iron-lancet-soot
- 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
- Tomb
- Address
- Watson Tomb in Church of All Saints Churchyard, Church Road
- OS grid reference
- ST 731 663
- Coordinates
- 51.3956, -2.38793
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watson tomb, located in the churchyard of All Saints Church, dates from around 1813 and is made of Bath stone. It features a tapering sarcophagus that stands on lion's feet above a two-step base. The tomb has a reeded cover and is topped with a sloping lid adorned with acroteria. It is positioned to the north of the east end of the chancel and closely resembles another similar monument located slightly to the south. It is marked as No 171 on the churchyard plan.
Local climate
Watson Tomb in Church of All Saints Churchyard receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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