13 Headstones and A Cross Approximately 6 Metres North of the Nave of the Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 March 1997. A C18 Monument.
13 Headstones and A Cross Approximately 6 Metres North of the Nave of the Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-gallery-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 March 1997
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 153 632
- Coordinates
- 52.26764, -1.77714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of 13 headstones and a cross located approximately 6 meters north of the nave of the Church of St Peter in Wootton Wawen. The group includes 12 headstones, mainly from around 1700 and the 18th century, along with a 20th-century cross and stone.
The westernmost headstone features an elliptically-arched top with a central winged cherub-head in a sunk roundel. About 2 meters to its southeast is a round-arched headstone, which also has a winged cherub-head at the upper center and a divided rectangular inscription tablet. Next to it is a rectangular tablet with a moulded frame and a fielded inscription tablet, topped by a broken swan-neck pediment that has a central winged cherub-head.
Further south, there is a rectangular headstone adorned with carved scroll decoration at the top, forming a shallow broken swan-neck pediment with a central circular motif inscribed with "Here lies the body of Sarah/... daughter of Richard and Hannah Horsley of..." (dated 1768). To the east of this headstone are a pair of rectangular headstones, both featuring moulded frames and fielded inscription tablets, each topped with broken swan-neck pediments that have central cherub-heads and festoons.
Continuing south, there is another headstone with a central oval inscription tablet, also surmounted by a broken swan-neck pediment and a central cherub-head, with festoons and foliage fronds on the sides. To the east again are four similar headstones with round-arched tops, all of which have eroded inscription tablets. Finally, there is a headstone with two inscription tablets separated by roll-moulding, each topped with a round-arched head.
All these listed items in the churchyard create a cohesive group alongside the Church of St Peter.
Local climate
13 Headstones and A Cross Approximately 6 Metres North of the Nave of the Church of St Peter receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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