Churchward Tomb, 60 Metres East North East in Churchyard of East Chance Wall, Christ Church is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Tomb.
Churchward Tomb, 60 Metres East North East in Churchyard of East Chance Wall, Christ Church
- WRENN ID
- gentle-soffit-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 158 839
- Coordinates
- 51.55401, -1.77328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Churchward tomb, located 60 meters east-north-east in the churchyard of the east chance wall at Christ Church, is a memorial dating from 1933. It features a polished black marble headstone and kerb, along with a bronze plate. The inscription commemorates George Jackson Churchward CBE, JP, who served as the Chief Mechanical Engineer for the Great Western Railway Company from 1902 to 1921. He was also the first mayor and first Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Swindon. Churchward passed away on 19 December 1933 at the age of 76. The tomb is included for its historic interest.
Local climate
Churchward Tomb, 60 Metres East North East in Churchyard of East Chance Wall, Christ Church receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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