Row of 6 Headstones Approximately 14 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Monument.
Row of 6 Headstones Approximately 14 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-rood-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 471 561
- Coordinates
- 52.20184, -1.31112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of six headstones located approximately 14 meters south of the nave of the Church of St. Mary. The headstones date from the late 17th century and early 18th century and are made of carved ironstone.
The first headstone, from the early 18th century, features a top with a small cartouche and shrouded heads, along with a large convex cartouche. The second headstone, also early 18th century, has a top with a winged head and swag, and an oval wreathed panel. The third headstone, dating from the late 17th to early 18th century, is topped with a broken segmental pediment and a ball finial, and includes Corinthian half-columns draped with swag and a fielded panel. The fourth headstone, from the early 18th century, has a segmental top with a scrolled pediment and rosette, along with pilasters. The fifth headstone, dated 1695, features a shaped top with an incised winged head and a panel in shallow relief. Finally, the sixth headstone, from the early 18th century, has a segmental top with a small cartouche and winged heads, along with a large convex cartouche.
Local climate
Row of 6 Headstones Approximately 14 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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