Three Tombstones in Churchyard of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1976. Tombstones.
Three Tombstones in Churchyard of St John
- WRENN ID
- slow-gargoyle-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Bournemouth East MP: Tom Hayes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1976
- Type
- Tombstones
- Address
- Three Tombstones in Churchyard of St John, Throop and Holdenhurst
- OS grid reference
- SZ 129 952
- Coordinates
- 50.7565, -1.81801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three tombstones are located in the churchyard of St John in Holdenhurst Village. To the north of the church is an elegant Adamish altar tomb for John Dean, who died in 1794. This tomb features Corinthian corner pilasters and a fluted frieze between them. There are inscription panels with land in the corners and on the long sides above the center. The tomb has a moulded flat top and is surrounded by good railings with spears and urns. To the south of the church, there are two gravestones by Eric Gill, dedicated to Gerald Peel, who died in 1910, and Gerald Grahame Peel, who died in 1937.
Local climate
Three Tombstones in Churchyard of St John receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Group of 3 Chest Tombs with Iron Railings Immediately East and North East of the Chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist
- 2 Three Monuments in the Churchyard, Between 15 and 19 Metres South of Church of St John the Baptist
- 3 Tomb of John Hodgson in St Johns Churchyard
- 4 Row of 10 Chest Tombs and One Table Tomb Against the South East of Churchyard Wall of the Church of St John the Baptist
- 5 Two Dean Monuments in the Churchyard Between 7 and 12 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Giles
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings