Four Headstones Circa 17 Metres South of South West Corner of Nave in the Churchyard of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Headstone.
Four Headstones Circa 17 Metres South of South West Corner of Nave in the Churchyard of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-chancel-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TL 347 562
- Coordinates
- 52.18798, -0.03079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are four headstones located approximately 17 metres south of the south-west corner of the nave in the churchyard of St Michael and All Angels.
The first headstone is dated 1734 and is made of limestone, featuring a scrolled round head and a shouldered plaque. It bears an inscription to Simon Cole and has a design above the plaque of an angel-head and flowers.
The second headstone, dated 1753, is also limestone with a round and shouldered head, and a rectangular plaque inscribed to Elizabeth, daughter of Simon and Mary Cole. It includes a design of an angel-head above the plaque.
The third headstone, dated 1761, is similarly made of limestone, with a round and shouldered head and a shaped plaque inscribed to Simon Cole. It features a design with an angel-head above the plaque.
The fourth headstone, dated 1797, is a limestone slab with a shaped head and a plaque inscribed to Mary Cole, also featuring an angel-head design above the plaque.
Local climate
Four Headstones Circa 17 Metres South of South West Corner of Nave in the Churchyard of St Michael and All Angels 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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