Tomb of Robert Litton in St Leonard's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Tomb of Robert Litton in St Leonard's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- cold-bastion-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North MP: Will Stone (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Robert Litton in St Leonard's Churchyard, High Street, Blunsdon
- OS grid reference
- SU 153 907
- Coordinates
- 51.6155, -1.78018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Robert Litton is located in St Leonard's Churchyard and dates from 1784. It is a large table tomb featuring rebated corners adorned with decorations of husks on fluting and tendrils. The tomb also includes angels depicted on its panel. It is situated approximately 8 yards east of the north-east corner of the nave.
Local climate
Tomb of Robert Litton in St Leonard's Churchyard 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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