Hancock Headstone Approximately 11 Metres North of Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 2000. Headstone.
Hancock Headstone Approximately 11 Metres North of Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- upper-loft-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 2000
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 229 486
- Coordinates
- 52.13584, -1.66542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hancock headstone, located approximately 11 meters north of the Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross, is a Grade II listed structure. It commemorates Esther Hancock, who died in 1720. The headstone is made of ashlar and features a plain frame surrounding a well-preserved inscription. The shaped head of the stone is adorned with reliefs of flowers. The verse inscribed reads: "Stand still reader spend/ a teare Think on ye dust/ that slumbers here/ And when thou readst ye/ state if me Think on ye/ glass that runns for thee." This headstone is noted for its good condition and craftsmanship.
Local climate
Hancock Headstone Approximately 11 Metres North of Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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