Group of 5 Table Tombs in St Mary's Church Churchyard, South East of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. Tomb.
Group of 5 Table Tombs in St Mary's Church Churchyard, South East of Church
- WRENN ID
- spare-zinc-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1983
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Group of 5 Table Tombs in St Mary's Church Churchyard, South East of Church, Church Lane, Sturminster Newton
- OS grid reference
- ST 788 139
- Coordinates
- 50.9245, -2.30255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of five table tombs located in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, southeast of the church, date from the late 18th century and 19th century. All the tombs are made of stone. The first tomb is situated 1 meter east of the south transept and features a moulded plinth, pilaster corners with oval panels, panels with carved tablets and inscriptions, a fluted and moulded cornice, and a shaped slab top. The other four tombs are simpler in design, each with pilaster corners (some of which are damaged) and incised decoration and inscriptions. The second tomb is located 8 meters southeast of the south transept, while the third tomb is adjacent to the second to the south. The fourth tomb is 2 meters southeast of the south chapel corner, and the fifth tomb is 12 meters east of the north buttress of the chancel.
Local climate
Group of 5 Table Tombs in St Mary's Church Churchyard, South East of Church receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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