2 Tombs by Side of Church of St. John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Tomb.
2 Tombs by Side of Church of St. John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- sunken-gable-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- 2 Tombs by Side of Church of St. John the Baptist, Church Street, Baston
- OS grid reference
- TF 113 139
- Coordinates
- 52.71198, -0.35271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two table tombs located by the south side of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Baston. These tombs date from 1788 and 1789 and are made of ashlar stone. Each tomb features a moulded base and top, with fluted pilasters on the sides that flank rectangular raised inscription panels. One tomb is dedicated to Thomas Norton, who died in 1788, and the other is for his mother, Frances Norton, who died in 1789.
Local climate
2 Tombs by Side of Church of St. John the Baptist 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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