Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 2000. Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- patient-chapel-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 2000
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SO 575 866
- Coordinates
- 52.47567, -2.62655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dated 1705, is located approximately 3 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Margaret in Abdon. It is made of sandstone ashlar and features a thick rectangular slab set vertically. The headstone has an inscribed tablet with a heavy plain raised border and a set-back head carving. The dedication is unknown.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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