Church of St Catherine, Tomb of the English Poor Clares Approximately 12 Metres North West of North West Tower Angle is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Tombstone.
Church of St Catherine, Tomb of the English Poor Clares Approximately 12 Metres North West of North West Tower Angle
- WRENN ID
- tall-landing-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- TL 777 293
- Coordinates
- 51.9346, 0.58413
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Catherine features a tombstone for the English Poor Clares, located approximately 12 metres northwest of the northwest tower angle. This early 19th-century monument stands about 5 feet high and has a tall square shape. The panelled stem includes a moulded base and top slabs, surrounded by a rectangular stone capped with a pyramid. On the west and north faces of the top stone are oval inscribed plaques that read: "Here lie the bodies of the Ladies of the Religious Community established at Gravelines in Flanders under the name of the English Poor Clares in the year 1600 driven from thence by the persecution of the French Revolution in the year 1795 and settled in this village July 27 of the same year. Frances Todd 1797, Ann Worsick 1797, Emelia Keith 1799, Mary Bulstrode 1799, Mary Faulkner 1800." The inscriptions on the east and south plaques were not legible at the time of re-survey.
Local climate
Church of St Catherine, Tomb of the English Poor Clares Approximately 12 Metres North West of North West Tower Angle sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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