Boundary Stone Approximately 275 Metres East of the Gardener's Cottage, Marks Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. Boundary stone.
Boundary Stone Approximately 275 Metres East of the Gardener's Cottage, Marks Hall
- WRENN ID
- over-gateway-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Boundary stone
- OS grid reference
- TL 844 258
- Coordinates
- 51.90088, 0.67909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This boundary stone, located approximately 275 metres east of The Gardener's Cottage in Marks Hall, dates from the 18th to early 19th century. Made of limestone, it has a rectangular shape that tapers slightly towards the top and features a slightly curved top. The stone has incised Roman lettering about 6 centimeters high, with "TP" on the southwest face and "MHP" on the northeast face, marking the former boundary between Great Tey Parish and Marks Hall Parish. The stone stands at a height of approximately 0.76 metre and is noted on the 1842 tithe map of Marks Hall parish, held at the Essex Record Office.
Local climate
Boundary Stone Approximately 275 Metres East of the Gardener's Cottage, Marks Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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