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
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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