Gk Chesterton Tomb in Beaconsfield Cemetery, 25 Metres North of Entrance Building is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1985. Tomb.
Gk Chesterton Tomb in Beaconsfield Cemetery, 25 Metres North of Entrance Building
- WRENN ID
- gentle-gargoyle-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SU 946 904
- Coordinates
- 51.60463, -0.63466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of G K Chesterton, who died in 1936, is located in Beaconsfield Cemetery, 25 meters north of the entrance building. It is likely designed by Eric Gill and made of Portland stone. The headstone features a coped pointed top and includes a relief carving of Christ crucified, with Mary depicted standing to the left. The lettering on the tomb is finely executed.
Local climate
Gk Chesterton Tomb in Beaconsfield Cemetery, 25 Metres North of Entrance Building sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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