Old Churchyard, French Tomb Near Church Street Entrance to South Side Of is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1994. Tomb.
Old Churchyard, French Tomb Near Church Street Entrance to South Side Of
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley MP: Callum Anderson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Old Churchyard, French Tomb Near Church Street Entrance to South Side Of, Buckingham
- OS grid reference
- SP 694 336
- Coordinates
- 51.99662, -0.99054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The French tomb, located near the Church Street entrance to the south side of the Old Churchyard in Buckingham, is a chest tomb from the early 19th century. It is made of Portland stone and sits on a York stone plinth. The tomb is square in shape, featuring moulded pilasters at the corners and a shaped top. It commemorates various members of the French family, starting with William French, who died in 1773.
Local climate
Old Churchyard, French Tomb Near Church Street Entrance to South Side Of sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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