Church of St Peter and St Paul Tombstone to Maria Aged 7 Years 1838 Approximately 6 Metres from East Window of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Tomb.
Church of St Peter and St Paul Tombstone to Maria Aged 7 Years 1838 Approximately 6 Metres from East Window of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- young-panel-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TL 836 447
- Coordinates
- 52.07085, 0.67744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombstone for Maria, who died at the age of 7 in 1838, is located approximately 6 metres from the east window of the chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Foxearth. This 19th-century tomb reuses a medieval crocketed pinnacle and features three steps leading up to a chamfered base stone. The structure includes two diminishing octagonal stones, each with chamfered two-centred arches on every face. It is adorned with two-order moulding and is topped with a crocketed pinnacle supported by four moulded shafts, along with two-centred arches. The apex is finished with a cross.
Local climate
Church of St Peter and St Paul Tombstone to Maria Aged 7 Years 1838 Approximately 6 Metres from East Window of Chancel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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