Howard Tomb in Churchyard Near East Window of Wetheral Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Howard Tomb in Churchyard Near East Window of Wetheral Church
- WRENN ID
- sheer-gateway-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- NY 468 544
- Coordinates
- 54.88159, -2.83021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Howard Tomb, located in the churchyard near the east window of Wetheral Church, is a memorial for Colonel Thomas Howard, who died in 1642. It features a dressed sandstone plinth that supports a chest topped by a shaped slab of yellow sandstone. The slab is inscribed with the names of various members of the Howard family from nearby Corby Castle, prominently including Colonel Howard, who died at the battle of Atherton Moor. It is likely that this upright stone was moved to its current location from another part of the graveyard during the construction of the Howard memorial chapel to the west in 1791. The tomb is included for its group value with the nearby Wetheral Church.
Local climate
Howard Tomb in Churchyard Near East Window of Wetheral Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% 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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- 2 Monument to Charles Howard Approximately 10 Metres West of Lychgate to Church Street
- 3 Monument to John Howard, in the Churchyard to South of All Saints' Church
- 4 Unknown Monument to South-West of Monument to John Howard in the Churchyard to South of All Saints' Church
- 5 Monument to Howard Ward Approximately 6 Metres West of West Tower at St Nicholas Church
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