Headstone Circa 5 Metres from South Porch of Church of St Leonard and East of Churchyard Path is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Headstone.
Headstone Circa 5 Metres from South Porch of Church of St Leonard and East of Churchyard Path
- WRENN ID
- muffled-sill-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TL 526 841
- Coordinates
- 52.43433, 0.24374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, located about 5 metres from the south porch of the Church of St Leonard and east of the churchyard path, dates from 1757 and 1795. It is made of limestone and features a design of a child kneeling with palms and festoons, along with a Greek temple. The black painted inscriptions commemorate 'Richard Hopkin and Elizabeth his wife .... 1757, 1795'. This headstone is considered one of the best examples of a notable local tradition that is well represented in this churchyard.
Local climate
Headstone Circa 5 Metres from South Porch of Church of St Leonard and East of Churchyard Path 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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