Seven Tombstones in Line, North of Tower of Parish Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1984. Tombstones.
Seven Tombstones in Line, North of Tower of Parish Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- eternal-trefoil-holly
- 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
- Address
- Seven Tombstones in Line, North of Tower of Parish Church of St Margaret, High Street, Chippenham
- OS grid reference
- TL 663 697
- Coordinates
- 52.30097, 0.43813
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Seven tombstones are located in a line to the north of the tower of the Parish Church of St Margaret in Chippenham. The first tombstone is dated 1727 and features an hourglass and skull flanking a winged cherub. The second tombstone has swags and a cherub with a raised oval plaque and a weathered inscription, dating from the 18th century. The third is a tablet at the head of a low table tomb, which includes a foot stone and is decorated by two cherubs and a skull, also from the 18th century. The fourth tombstone, dated 1735, has a rectangular plaque with two cherubs and a skull, positioned at the head of a table tomb with a foot stone. The fifth tombstone, also dated 1735, features two cherubs and a skull and is similarly located at the head of a table tomb with a foot stone. The sixth tombstone displays two palm leaves with an angel, while the seventh is a tablet with a shaped head, featuring two palm leaves and an angel.
Local climate
Seven Tombstones in Line, North of Tower of Parish Church of St Margaret 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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