Two Headstones and Footstones South of Chancel All Saints Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Memorial.
Two Headstones and Footstones South of Chancel All Saints Church
- WRENN ID
- eastward-quoin-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Two Headstones and Footstones South of Chancel All Saints Church, Station Road, Melbourn
- OS grid reference
- TL 382 448
- Coordinates
- 52.08457, 0.01599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two headstones and corresponding footstones located south of the chancel at All Saints Church in Melbourn. One headstone commemorates Thomas Hawkes, who died in 1721, and the other honors his wife, Mary, who died in 1716. Both are made of limestone and feature carvings of winged cherubs along with C and S-scrolls and a cartouche. The footstones display the date and initials of the deceased. Additionally, there is a wall monument dedicated to their daughter Mary on the south wall of the chancel.
Local climate
Two Headstones and Footstones South of Chancel All Saints Church 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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