2 Gravestones 9 Paces South of Porch of Church of St Guthlac is a Grade II listed building in the Boston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Gravestones.
2 Gravestones 9 Paces South of Porch of Church of St Guthlac
- WRENN ID
- winding-pinnacle-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Boston
- Constituency
- Boston and Skegness MP: Richard Tice (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Gravestones
- Address
- 2 Gravestones 9 Paces South of Porch of Church of St Guthlac, Clamp Gate Road, Fishtoft
- OS grid reference
- TF 364 425
- Coordinates
- 52.96279, 0.03007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two gravestones located nine paces south of the porch of the Church of St. Guthlac. They date from 1751 and 1763 and are made of ashlar stone. The first gravestone features a cambered head with an eared and scrolled inscription panel adorned with drapes, and above it is a scrolled cartouche with cherubs and floral swags, inscribed with "memento mori," dedicated to Naomi Porter, who died in 1751. The second gravestone is rectangular and has a segmental-headed inscription panel with a scrolled cherub above, commemorating William Porter, who died in 1763.
Local climate
2 Gravestones 9 Paces South of Porch of Church of St Guthlac sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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