Group of 4 Headstones Between 18 and 22 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Castle Point local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1986. Headstones.
Group of 4 Headstones Between 18 and 22 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- swift-basalt-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Castle Point
- Constituency
- Castle Point MP: Rebecca Harris (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1986
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- TQ 778 861
- Coordinates
- 51.54585, 0.56336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four headstones from the 18th century is located between 18 and 22 metres southeast of the south porch of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Each headstone features curved and angled tops, adorned with carvings of cherub heads, skull and crossbones, or angels with trumpets. The inscriptions include: (1) Catherine Hewson, wife of Robert Hewson, dated June 1776; (2) Mary Nash, dated 1760; (3) John Greenway, dated 1736; and (4) a headstone carved with a skull and crossbones, which is lichen-covered and has an unreadable name and date.
Local climate
Group of 4 Headstones Between 18 and 22 Metres South East of South Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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