Howard Tomb Approximately 40 Metres South of Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1998. Tomb.

Howard Tomb Approximately 40 Metres South of Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin

WRENN ID
small-newel-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Plymouth
Constituency
South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 November 1998
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SX 537 562
Coordinates
50.38807, -4.05867
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Howard Tomb is a chest tomb located approximately 40 meters south of the Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin in Plympton. It dates from the 17th century and commemorates William Howard and his wife Francis, who both died in 1694. The tomb is constructed from coursed Plymouth limestone and features a projecting lid, with a rectangular shape.

Local climate

Howard Tomb Approximately 40 Metres South of Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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