Tombstones South of South Porch is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1984. A N/A Tombstones.
Tombstones South of South Porch
- WRENN ID
- shifting-railing-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1984
- Type
- Tombstones
- Period
- N/A
- Address
- Tombstones South of South Porch, High Street, Burwell
- OS grid reference
- TL 589 660
- Coordinates
- 52.27007, 0.32784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are three 17th century headstones located on the north side of the path leading to the north porch, approximately twenty-five yards away. The inscriptions on these stones are mostly indecipherable.
The first headstone features a skull and cross-bones, accompanied by a central cherub and decorative swags. The second has cross bones with an hourglass topped by a winged skull. The third is a large rectangular stone with an inscription above it.
These three headstones are part of a larger group of twenty-two from the 17th and 18th centuries, some of which are illustrated in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments for North-East Cambridgeshire.
Local climate
Tombstones South of South Porch sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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