Simon Tomb 8 Metres North of Church of St Mary and All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1998. Tomb.
Simon Tomb 8 Metres North of Church of St Mary and All Saints
- WRENN ID
- long-slate-rook
- 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 517 530
- Coordinates
- 50.35845, -4.086
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Simon Tomb, located 8 meters north of the Church of St Mary and All Saints, is a chest tomb dating from the mid-19th century. It commemorates Peter Simon, who died in 1849 at the age of 79. The tomb is made of tapered freestone and features a moulded base and a moulded lid cornice. Surrounding the tomb is a complete set of wrought and cast-iron railings, which are mounted on a freestone and rubble plinth. The railings are adorned with fleur-de-lys finials, and the fluted columns at the corners are topped with urn finials.
Local climate
Simon Tomb 8 Metres North of Church of St Mary and All Saints 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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