Churchyard Tomb 7 Metres South of Church Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. Tomb.
Churchyard Tomb 7 Metres South of Church Porch
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-baluster-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SK 217 763
- Coordinates
- 53.28407, -1.6749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a table tomb located 7 metres south of the church porch in the churchyard of Eyam, dating from the mid-17th century. It is made of gritstone and features semi-circular headed niches at both the east and west ends. The niche on the east side displays a skull and crossbones in relief, while the west side shows a winged angel head and an hourglass, also in relief. The north and south sides of the tomb are adorned with corner and central fluted pilasters that are reeded at the base. Between these pilasters on the south side are thistle-shaped vases with loop handles, each containing different flowers, and on the north side, there are two urns. Above these decorations is an uninscribed slab with a heavily moulded edge. This tomb may belong to one of the victims of the Eyam plague that occurred in 1665 and 1666.
Local climate
Churchyard Tomb 7 Metres South of Church Porch sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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