5 Table Tombs Circa 5 Metres South and West of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1984. A C17 Tomb.
5 Table Tombs Circa 5 Metres South and West of Parish Church
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 396 954
- Coordinates
- 50.75534, -2.85683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are five table tombs located approximately 5 metres south and west of the parish church in Whitchurch Canonicorum. The tombs date from the 17th century and one is from the mid-18th century.
The first tomb, situated west of the west tower, has a date of 1748 that is still legible. It features a roll-moulded stone cornice with moulded angle balusters and a flat cherub face at the centre of the main face, with double arches on the main sides.
The second tomb is from the later 17th century and has a moulded ogee stone cornice, though the lettering is now illegible and partly covered in ivy.
The third tomb dates to 1620 and reads, "Here lieth the body of John Ev(...) Junior," but the rest of the inscription is illegible. It also has a moulded ogee stone cornice.
The fourth tomb is the best preserved, dating to around 1610, although the date is partly obscured. It features Gothic lettering that reads, "Here lieth the body of John (...) of Wootton Abbotts in the County of Dorset, gentleman, who after ... aged 72," along with a moulded stone cornice and necking.
The fifth tomb is from the early 17th century and has a moulded stone cornice and necking, but the inscription is illegible.
Local climate
5 Table Tombs Circa 5 Metres South and West of Parish Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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