Pair of Headstones 7 Metres South of Chancel at Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Headstone.
Pair of Headstones 7 Metres South of Chancel at Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- fading-barrel-foxglove
- 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 782 428
- Coordinates
- 52.97736, -0.8363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of headstones, dating from 1719 and 1720, is located 7 meters south of the chancel at the Church of St. Peter. Made of slate and arranged back to back, the headstone on the west features an incised angel and four lines of verse dedicated to Henry Smith, who passed away in 1719. The headstone on the east has a square head with an angel, flanked by an hourglass and crossbones, and includes text along the top edge and head, along with a verse couplet dedicated to Anne Smith, the wife of Henry Smith, who died in 1720.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones 7 Metres South of Chancel at Church of St Peter sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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