Headstone, South Side of Church, Beside Path, Facing East, 3rd Down from Porch is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Headstone, South Side of Church, Beside Path, Facing East, 3rd Down from Porch
- WRENN ID
- vast-remnant-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Headstone, South Side of Church, Beside Path, Facing East, 3rd Down from Porch, Church Lane, Ropsley and Humby
- OS grid reference
- SK 992 342
- Coordinates
- 52.89616, -0.52564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located on the south side of the church beside the path and facing east, dates from 1730. It is made of slate and features a rectangular shape with a raised inscription. The top of the stone is adorned with a decorative band, which has some damage and is stylistically carved with angels. The inscription reads: "Here Lyeth the Body of John Pickwell Who Died ) Nov. the 20th 1730 ) His Age 62 Year ) A husband kind a father dear, The same-is he that lyeth here, God gave him time for to repent, And for his sins he did lament."
Local climate
Headstone, South Side of Church, Beside Path, Facing East, 3rd Down from Porch sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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