Thompson Tomb East of Church of St Bride is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Thompson Tomb East of Church of St Bride
- WRENN ID
- unlit-attic-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Thompson Tomb East of Church of St Bride, Bridekirk
- OS grid reference
- NY 116 337
- Coordinates
- 54.69058, -3.37149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thompson tomb, located east of the Church of St Bride in Bridekirk, is a table tomb dating from 1688. It features a long inscription dedicated to James Thompson of Broughton, dated 8 February 1688.
Local climate
Thompson Tomb East of Church of St Bride sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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