Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South East of South Aisle, Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1986. A C18 Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South East of South Aisle, Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- waning-rood-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TL 259 473
- Coordinates
- 52.11018, -0.1625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, made of limestone, is located approximately 10 meters southeast of the south aisle of the Church of St Peter in Cockayne Hatley. It likely dates from around 1700 and features deeply carved scrollwork decoration on all sides, including a cresting with a skull and bones. The inscription on the headstone is currently illegible.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South East of South Aisle, Church of St Peter sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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