Row of 3 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1987. Headstones.
Row of 3 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-footing-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1987
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SP 411 502
- Coordinates
- 52.14859, -1.40007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of three headstones located approximately 5 meters south of the nave of the Church of St. John the Baptist, dating from the late 17th century. The headstones are made of carved ironstone.
The left headstone is dated 1669 and features a moulded top with a winged head and swag, along with a moulded fielded panel and cable twist shafts. It bears an inscription to Thomas Hitchcocks. The center headstone, dated 1675, has a shaped moulded top with four scrolls and a central roundel. It includes a sunk shield panel surrounded by flowers and foliage in shallow relief, with an inscription to Thomas Dodd. The right headstone, dated 1666, displays an open segmental pediment with a ball finial, and its panel is framed by festoons, with drops along the edges.
Local climate
Row of 3 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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