Garvestone 7 Paces from South Porch in Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1988. Gravestone.
Garvestone 7 Paces from South Porch in Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- wild-forge-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1988
- Type
- Gravestone
- Address
- Garvestone 7 Paces from South Porch in Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul, High Street, Kirton
- OS grid reference
- TF 305 385
- Coordinates
- 52.92817, -0.05997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This gravestone, located 7 paces from the south porch in the churchyard of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, dates from 1815 and is made of ashlar. It commemorates Anthony Parker and features a cambered head with cut-away corners. The upper part of the gravestone includes allegorical carvings of a broken obelisk and spire, accompanied by a resurrection scene. Below these carvings is an inscription panel.
Local climate
Garvestone 7 Paces from South Porch in Churchyard, Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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