Group of 3 Headstones 1 Metre South of South Aisle at Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Headstone.
Group of 3 Headstones 1 Metre South of South Aisle at Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- broken-remnant-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SK 720 430
- Coordinates
- 52.97973, -0.92782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of three headstones, dating from 1739, 1740, and 1762, is located 1 metre south of the south aisle at the Church of St. Mary in Car Colston. These headstones are made of Leicestershire slate. The leftmost headstone features a shouldered arched top with incised scrolls and is dedicated to Elenor Woollerton, dated 1762, and signed by 'James Sparrow'. The central headstone has a square shape with scrollwork and foliate borders, commemorating John Woolerton from 1740, and is in the style of J. Sparrow. The rightmost headstone has a stepped arched head with scrollwork, dedicated to Thomas Woolerton, dated 1739, and is also signed 'J. Sparrow fecit'.
Local climate
Group of 3 Headstones 1 Metre South of South Aisle at Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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