Table Tomb 3 Metres South of South Porch of Parish Church of St Mary and St James is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Table tomb.
Table Tomb 3 Metres South of South Porch of Parish Church of St Mary and St James
- WRENN ID
- ancient-corbel-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Table tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 753 082
- Coordinates
- 50.87345, -2.35195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The table tomb located 3 metres south of the south porch of the Parish Church of St Mary and St James is a Grade II listed structure. Dated 1840, it appears to be a reused 17th-century piece. The tomb features shaped ends with a skull and crossbones motif on the east side and has a moulded top. There is an inscription dedicated to Mary Strange set within a semi-circular recess.
Local climate
Table Tomb 3 Metres South of South Porch of Parish Church of St Mary and St James receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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