Tombstones to East of South Aisle of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Tombstones.
Tombstones to East of South Aisle of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- twisted-finial-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1986
- Type
- Tombstones
- Address
- Tombstones to East of South Aisle of St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Sawston
- OS grid reference
- TL 487 492
- Coordinates
- 52.12143, 0.1717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombstones located to the east of the south aisle of St Mary's Church are a group of five, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. They are situated approximately 3 meters from the east wall of the south aisle and are identified from south to north.
The first tombstone is a limestone slab featuring a deeply carved scroll that surrounds a raised plaque with a black painted inscription dedicated to Martha, the wife of John Harris, who died in 1729, noting that "She had 14 children," along with skull and angel head motifs. The second is a limestone slab adorned with olive branches, a central angel head, and a swag surrounding a raised plaque inscribed for Harris, the son of John and Martha Harris, who died in 1706.
The third tombstone is a limestone slab with a scroll and acanthus decoration surrounding a raised oval plaque inscribed for John Harris, son of John and Martha, who died in 1719. The fourth is a small limestone slab with a shaped head, dated 1639, featuring an inscription in capitals painted black that reads, "Here lyeth the Body of John Swan that was minister at Sawston 39 years, and died on the 23rd day of November Anno Domini." The fifth tombstone is a plain limestone slab with a shaped head, inscribed for Susanna Jaggar, who died in 1777.
Local climate
Tombstones to East of South Aisle of St Mary's Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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