Row of Five Headstones in Churchyard of Former Parish Church of St Andrew (Now Demolished) 40 Yards from the Road is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1987. Headstones.
Row of Five Headstones in Churchyard of Former Parish Church of St Andrew (Now Demolished) 40 Yards from the Road
- WRENN ID
- secret-hearth-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 March 1987
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- TL 175 839
- Coordinates
- 52.44063, -0.27193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of five headstones located in the churchyard of the former Parish Church of St Andrew, which has since been demolished. The headstones date from the 18th century and are made of limestone.
The first headstone features a segmental broken pediment with a pair of winged cherubs' heads above an oval tablet that has an inscription carved in Gothick, Roman, and Italic lettering in low relief. The border includes acanthus, rose, acorn, and other emblems. The second headstone is similar to the first.
The third headstone has a segmental head with paired winged cherubs' heads above an effigy of the deceased, and below it is a square tablet with an inscription in Gothick and Roman lettering, dated 17(3?)6. This tablet is flanked by naive Atlantes holding flaming torches on pedestals, which are carved with symbols of mortality.
The fourth headstone, dated 1728, has an open segmental head with an urn above a square tablet carved in low relief, flanked by a border of acanthus and rose carvings, and below it features the Resurrection with Atlantes on either side.
The fifth headstone has a shaped head with a pair of winged cherubs above a carved tablet that is enriched with foliate bosses, and a raised tablet with an inscription in Gothick and Roman lettering in low relief.
Local climate
Row of Five Headstones in Churchyard of Former Parish Church of St Andrew (Now Demolished) 40 Yards from the Road 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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