Gravestone Approximately 20 Metres South-West of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1987. Gravestone.
Gravestone Approximately 20 Metres South-West of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- stark-flue-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Beverley and Holderness MP: Graham Stuart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1987
- Type
- Gravestone
- OS grid reference
- TA 344 252
- Coordinates
- 53.70612, 0.03519
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This gravestone, located approximately 20 metres south-west of the Church of St Nicholas, dates from 1743 and commemorates Mary Tock and her children. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a shaped head with rustic relief carving. The central design includes a cherub's head flanked by flowers that also bear cherub's heads. This gravestone is noted as one of the best examples of 18th-century carved gravestones in the East Riding, as highlighted by N. Pevsner in "The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, East Riding."
Local climate
Gravestone Approximately 20 Metres South-West of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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