Six Headstones Running South of South Porch of Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1983. Headstones.
Six Headstones Running South of South Porch of Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- WRENN ID
- deep-minaret-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1983
- Type
- Headstones
- Address
- Six Headstones Running South of South Porch of Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Market Hill, Chatteris
- OS grid reference
- TL 394 860
- Coordinates
- 52.45466, 0.05098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of six headstones from the mid-18th century is located south of the south porch of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
The first headstone is made of limestone and features a bas-relief design with an angel holding a trumpet of victory above a deceased person rising from a coffin. Below, there is a rectangular raised and fielded panel flanked by two angels, one holding a Book of Knowledge and the other a Crown of Glory.
The second headstone, dated 1730, is also made of limestone and showcases two engaged Ionic columns supporting an entablature and a segmental pediment. The tympanum displays a winged cherub's head representing a risen soul, along with a circular panel that contains an inscription, which is now indecipherable.
The third headstone resembles the second but features Rococo foliate ornamentation.
The fourth headstone, likely made from Ketton limestone around 1730, is larger and has a shaped head adorned with a glory of a winged angel, a crown of honour, and sunrays. Below is a shouldered panel with rosettes at the corners, flanked by scrolls and drops of fruit and flowers.
The fifth headstone, from the mid-18th century and probably also made of Ketton limestone, is similar to the fourth, featuring a winged angel above a circular panel with a leaf border and flowers at the corners.
The sixth headstone, also from the mid-18th century and made of limestone, depicts two naive winged angels with trumpets of victory supporting a crown of honour, with two female figures holding emblems as caryatids flanking the inscription.
Local climate
Six Headstones Running South of South Porch of Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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