Three headstones, east of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1984. Headstone.
Three headstones, east of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-flint-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1984
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Three headstones, east of the Church of St John the Baptist, Church End, Parson Drove
- OS grid reference
- TF 390 091
- Coordinates
- 52.6618, 0.05461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are three headstones located east of the Church of St John the Baptist in Parson Drove.
The first headstone, dedicated to Thomas Woods and dated 1768, is made of limestone, likely from Ketton. It features a Rococo design with S- and C-scrolls surrounding a glory above a panel that has an inscription in Gothic, Italic, and Roman lettering, all framed by an egg and dart border. The base of this headstone is rusticated and it shares similarities with the headstones of Samuel Andrews of Wisbech.
The second headstone commemorates John Golding, who died in 1803, and his wife Elizabeth, who passed away in 1777. This Neo-classical headstone has a shaped top featuring a seated figure of Hope holding an anchor, along with an urn, a winged cherub's head, flowers, and foliage. The inscription is divided into two segments: the upper segment is dedicated to John Golding, while the lower segment honors Elizabeth.
The third headstone, dated 1804, is also made of limestone, probably from Ketton. It has a shaped head that depicts Father Time along with his symbols, a scythe and an hourglass, and includes a small oval plaque with a portrait of the deceased above a skull. Below this, there is a circular panel that is segmented vertically, adorned with flowers above and foliage in the lower spandrels.
Local climate
Three headstones, east of the Church of St John the Baptist 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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