Cole Tomb and Headstone at Churchyard of St Mary to South of South Chancel Aisle is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Tomb.
Cole Tomb and Headstone at Churchyard of St Mary to South of South Chancel Aisle
- WRENN ID
- inner-timber-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Cole Tomb and Headstone at Churchyard of St Mary to South of South Chancel Aisle, Cottesmore Road, Ashwell
- OS grid reference
- SK 865 137
- Coordinates
- 52.71431, -0.71977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cole tomb and headstone, located in the churchyard of St. Mary to the south of the south chancel aisle, date from 1678 and 1670 respectively. The tomb is a stone coffin lid type, accompanied by a headstone and an additional headstone. The headstone for Guy Cole has an inscription that faces away from the tomb, while a separate headstone bears the inscription for his wife, Letisse Coal. Both are situated to the south of the south chancel aisle.
Local climate
Cole Tomb and Headstone at Churchyard of St Mary to South of South Chancel Aisle sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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