Group of Headstones Approximately 25 Metres South of Tower and 5 Metres North of South Churchyard Wall 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 Monument.

Group of Headstones Approximately 25 Metres South of Tower and 5 Metres North of South Churchyard Wall of Old Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
shifting-tallow-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rushcliffe
Constituency
Rushcliffe MP: James Naish (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 June 1989
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
SK 694 338
Coordinates
52.89729, -0.96848
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a group of headstones located approximately 25 metres south of the tower and 5 metres north of the south churchyard wall of the old Church of St Mary. They date from the later 18th century and are made of slate. The following four headstones are of notable quality:

  1. A shaped, classical headstone featuring a relief vase in a sunk panel, along with flowers, dedicated to John White, who died in 1784.

  2. A shaped headstone decorated with flowers and a relief of a child's head with wings, dedicated to Mary, wife of John White, who died in 1783.

  3. A shaped, classical headstone with a relief of an angel blowing a trumpet, dedicated to John, son of John and Mary White, who died in 1783. This headstone is signed 'S. Wood - Bingham'.

  4. A rectangular headstone with flowing foliage decoration and a relief cherub with wings, dedicated to Elizabeth, wife of Richard Pratt, who died in 1759.

Local climate

Group of Headstones Approximately 25 Metres South of Tower and 5 Metres North of South Churchyard Wall 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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