Tomb of Thomas Gray, his mother Dorothy Gray and his aunt Mary Antrobus in churchyard of St Giles Church is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Tomb.
Tomb of Thomas Gray, his mother Dorothy Gray and his aunt Mary Antrobus in churchyard of St Giles Church
- WRENN ID
- standing-chalk-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Thomas Gray, his mother Dorothy Gray and his aunt Mary Antrobus in churchyard of St Giles Church, Church Lane, Stoke Poges
- OS grid reference
- SU 975 827
- Coordinates
- 51.53489, -0.59446
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Thomas Gray, his mother Dorothy Gray, and his aunt Mary Antrobus is located in the churchyard of St Giles Church in Stoke Poges. This mid-18th century tomb is situated eight feet east of the Hastings Chapel. It features a red brick tomb chest topped with a stone slab and has sunk panels on its sides. The tomb was restored in 2021.
Local climate
Tomb of Thomas Gray, his mother Dorothy Gray and his aunt Mary Antrobus in churchyard of St Giles Church 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Stoke Park Bridge (Repton Bridge).
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