Little Table Tomb 4 Metres South of Parish Church Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1984. Table-tomb.
Little Table Tomb 4 Metres South of Parish Church Chancel
- WRENN ID
- distant-newel-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1984
- Type
- Table-tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 530 925
- Coordinates
- 50.73087, -2.66712
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Little Table Tomb, located 4 metres south of the chancel of the Parish Church, dates from the mid-18th century. It is made of stone and features fielded-panel panels on each side, along with fielded-panel corner pilasters. The tomb has a heavy moulded top block. It commemorates William Little, who died on November 16th, 1746, at the age of 60, and his son, Thomas Little, who died on April 28th, 1752.
Local climate
Little Table Tomb 4 Metres South of Parish Church Chancel receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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