Abbey Cemetery Swan Tomb 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.

Abbey Cemetery Swan Tomb

WRENN ID
waning-brick-autumn
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
Abbey Cemetery Swan Tomb, Ralph Allen Drive
OS grid reference
ST 757 635
Coordinates
51.37041, -2.34907
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Abbey Cemetery Swan Tomb is a neoclassical monument dedicated to Doveton Swan, who died in 1852. The tomb features a pedestal that supports a scroll adorned with a lily on top, and it is made of marble. Doveton was the five-year-old son of James and Eleanor Swan, who lived at 36 Pulteney Street and were formerly from Ceylon. The tomb is located in section I.Q.2.3 of the cemetery.

Local climate

Abbey Cemetery Swan Tomb 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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