Row of 5 Tombstones to Saddington Family in the Churchyard to East of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1989. Tombstones.
Row of 5 Tombstones to Saddington Family in the Churchyard to East of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-porch-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1989
- Type
- Tombstones
- Address
- Row of 5 Tombstones to Saddington Family in the Churchyard to East of Church of St Andrew, Swingbridge Street, Foxton
- OS grid reference
- SP 699 897
- Coordinates
- 52.50109, -0.97125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of five tombstones dedicated to the Saddington family, located 4 meters east of the chancel in the churchyard of St Andrew. The tombstones are made of limestone ashlar. The central tombstone commemorates Thomas Saddington, who died on October 18, 1706, and features a heart-shaped shield with a decorative cartouche that is broken away at the top right corner. To the left is another tombstone for Thomas Saddington, who died in 1775, which has a moulded segmental top. To the right of the central stone is a tombstone for John Saddington, who died in 1735, with a moulded surround. Further to the right is another tombstone for John Saddington, dated 1712, which is adorned with a double-scrolled cartouche.
Local climate
Row of 5 Tombstones to Saddington Family in the Churchyard to East of Church of St Andrew receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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