Group of 4 Tombs Approximately 14 Metres to South of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Tomb group. 1 related planning application.
Group of 4 Tombs Approximately 14 Metres to South of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- noble-tallow-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1990
- Type
- Tomb group
- OS grid reference
- SD 209 873
- Coordinates
- 54.27575, -3.21554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of four tombs is located approximately 14 meters to the south of St Mary's Church in Broughton-in-Furness. They date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are made of ashlar stone.
One chest tomb is dedicated to Elizabeth Pritt, who died in 1765, her husband Nicholas, who died in 1779, and their son Sawrey, who died in 1782, along with his wife Mary, who died in 1789. To the east, there is another chest tomb featuring rusticated pilaster strips and fielded panels, which records James, the son of Sawrey and Mary Pritt, along with his wife and children in a tabular format, with dates of death ranging from 1795 to 1844, including later additions up to 1891.
To the south, there are two table tombs, each adorned with six balusters and moulded edges; the inscriptions on these tombs are illegible. The southernmost table tomb features a relief of a cherub and crossed bones.
Local climate
Group of 4 Tombs Approximately 14 Metres to South of St Mary's Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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