Bonham Carter family tomb 10 metres south of the chancel of St. Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 2005. Tomb.
Bonham Carter family tomb 10 metres south of the chancel of St. Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- broken-rood-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 2005
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 740 199
- Coordinates
- 50.97466, -0.94698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bonham Carter family tomb is located 10 metres south of the chancel of St. Mary's Church in Buriton. This churchyard monument, dating from around 1838, is a chest tomb made of Portland stone in the Neo-Gothic style.
The tomb is rectangular and stands on a moulded base with a moulded cover slab. Its sides and ends feature two stages: a shallow plinth that projects and is decorated with recessed square panels, and an upper stage with recessed panels that include arched inscription panels with blank spandrels. The panels are separated by columns with caps and bases, and slender columns with caps and bases are positioned at the corners of the tomb.
This monument commemorates John Bonham Carter, who was born in Portsmouth in 1788 and died in London in 1838. It also marks the resting place of his wife, Joanna Maria, and two of their young sons, Thomas, who died in London on 6th June 1829 at the age of 9 years and 11 months, and Hugh, who died at Ditcham on 6th March 1832 at the age of 14 months.
The tomb is a notable example of early 19th-century Neo-Gothic design and is situated in a churchyard that contains several listed monuments.
Local climate
Bonham Carter family tomb 10 metres south of the chancel of St. Mary's Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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