Headstone of Richard Thistlethwaite, St Peter's Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 2018. Headstone.
Headstone of Richard Thistlethwaite, St Peter's Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- south-loggia-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2018
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Headstone of Richard Thistlethwaite, St Peter's Churchyard, St Peter's Church, Church Lane, Wrestlingworth, Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley, SG19 2EU
- OS grid reference
- TL 259 473
- Coordinates
- 52.11026, -0.16247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located in St Peter's Churchyard, dated 1657. It is made of limestone and features inverted C-scrolled crest carvings at the top left and right corners, with an additional scroll and floral motif in the center. The inscription on the headstone reads, "RICARDUS THISTLE/ THWAITE BACAL ARTIUM/ 1657."
Local climate
Headstone of Richard Thistlethwaite, St Peter's Churchyard 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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