Pair of Headstones Approximately 18 Metres South of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1991. Headstones.
Pair of Headstones Approximately 18 Metres South of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- drifting-zinc-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1991
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SK 685 218
- Coordinates
- 52.79008, -0.98513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones located approximately 18 meters south of the tower of the Church of St John the Baptist in Grimston. They date from the mid to late 17th century and are made of slate. The headstone on the left features incised winged cherubs above an inscription that reads: "Here Lieth the body of Em Wife of Richard Burton Who Departed This Life the 25th of Decem 1695 Aged 47 years." The headstone on the right commemorates John Burton, who died in 1668, and his wife Catharina, who died in 1705.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones Approximately 18 Metres South of Tower of Church of St John the Baptist sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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