Headstone Immediately to East of West Buttress of South Chapel of Church of Holy Trinity is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1986. A 18th century Headstone.
Headstone Immediately to East of West Buttress of South Chapel of Church of Holy Trinity
- WRENN ID
- standing-tower-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford MP: Mr Mark Francois (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Headstone Immediately to East of West Buttress of South Chapel of Church of Holy Trinity, Church Street, Rayleigh
- OS grid reference
- TQ 808 909
- Coordinates
- 51.58808, 0.60873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1730, located immediately to the east of the west buttress of the south chapel of the Church of Holy Trinity. The headstone features a curved top with lower scroll ends and displays a central skull and cross-bones. It is inscribed with the words: "Here Lyeth Ye Body of Rebecka Merryfield, Wife of Thomas Merryfield of this Parish Who Departed This Life March Ye 4th 1730 aged 38 years."
Local climate
Headstone Immediately to East of West Buttress of South Chapel of Church of Holy Trinity 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 greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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