Walker Head and Foot Stones Approximately 14 Metres South of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1994. Headstone.
Walker Head and Foot Stones Approximately 14 Metres South of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- lone-niche-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1994
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SJ 943 222
- Coordinates
- 52.79801, -2.08469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The head and foot stones for Walker, who died in 1756, are located approximately 14 metres south of the Church of Holy Trinity in Baswich. The headstone is made of ashlar and features a nowy head with side drapes, top festoons, three cherubs, and three skulls at the base. The rectangular footstone has a cornice on three sides and displays faces on the sides, along with three upright praying figures wearing loincloths that face the headstone. The carving is noted for its unusual primitive style.
Local climate
Walker Head and Foot Stones Approximately 14 Metres South of Church of Holy Trinity receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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