Row of 13 Headstones Along South Wall of Chancel of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1986. Headstones.
Row of 13 Headstones Along South Wall of Chancel of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- south-barrel-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Stratford-on-Avon MP: Manuela Perteghella (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1986
- Type
- Headstones
- Address
- Row of 13 Headstones Along South Wall of Chancel of Church of St George, High Street, Brailes
- OS grid reference
- SP 315 393
- Coordinates
- 52.05137, -1.54131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of 13 tall headstones is located along the south wall of the chancel of the Church of St. George in Lower Brailes. These headstones date from the late 17th century to the early 18th century and are made of ironstone. They feature bold carvings, although most inscriptions are mostly illegible. The decorations include winged cherub heads, scrolls, open pages of a book, strapwork, cartouches, and floral motifs. Notable dates on the headstones include April 18th, 1706, for Robert Gardiner on headstone number 7, 1660 on number 10, 1706 on number 11, 1794 on number 12, and 1733 on number 13.
Local climate
Row of 13 Headstones Along South Wall of Chancel of Church of St George receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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