Tomb of Thomas Washbourne is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Tomb of Thomas Washbourne
- WRENN ID
- vast-cupola-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Thomas Washbourne, Church Hill, Wroughton
- OS grid reference
- SU 137 802
- Coordinates
- 51.52086, -1.80303
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tomb of Thomas Washbourne is a Grade II listed shaped chest tomb, dating from around 1805 or 1836. It features a plinth and four corner fluted Doric columns that support a moulded canopy, which shelters an oval draped urn adorned with memorial plaques. The tomb commemorates Thomas Washbourne, who died in 1805, and his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1836. It is located beneath the expansive canopy of a churchyard Yew tree.
Local climate
Tomb of Thomas Washbourne receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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