Speight Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South of South Door of South Aisle of Old Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1989. A C18 Headstone.
Speight Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South of South Door of South Aisle of Old Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- little-loggia-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1989
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SK 694 338
- Coordinates
- 52.89739, -0.9685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located approximately 15 metres south of the south door of the south aisle of the old Church of St Mary, dates from 1746. It is made of slate and features a rectangular shape with a shaped panel. The corners are adorned with relief carvings of an hourglass, a book, and a scythe. The headstone commemorates Abigail, the wife of Thomas Willson Speight of Bunny, who died in 1746. It is signed by the sculptor, W. Charles.
Local climate
Speight Headstone Approximately 15 Metres South of South Door of South Aisle of Old Church of St Mary 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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