Oval Sectioned Headstone to Martha Brewerton Situated Approximately 12 Metres to North of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Doncaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1988. Headstone.
Oval Sectioned Headstone to Martha Brewerton Situated Approximately 12 Metres to North of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Doncaster
- Constituency
- Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme MP: Lee Pitcher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SK 653 930
- Coordinates
- 53.4299, -1.01828
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The oval-sectioned headstone to Martha Brewerton is located approximately 12 metres north of the Church of St. Nicholas. Dated 1818, it is made of ashlar magnesian limestone. The headstone features a monolithic oval-section column with a moulded base and a plain shaft that bears a weathered inscription reading: "MARTHA the wife/of/Le Gay Brewerton/died May 1818/Aged 27 years." It has a gadrooned cap with the stump of a spike finial or a fixing dowel, showcasing a very unusual design. Information regarding the inscription is sourced from the Nottinghamshire Record Office.
Local climate
Oval Sectioned Headstone to Martha Brewerton Situated Approximately 12 Metres to North of Church of St Nicholas sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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