Group of 3 Headstones One Metre East of East Wall of Chancel, Church St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Grave markers.
Group of 3 Headstones One Metre East of East Wall of Chancel, Church St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- guardian-copper-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochford
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Grave markers
- Address
- Group of 3 Headstones One Metre East of East Wall of Chancel, Church St Mary the Virgin, Little Wakering Road, Barling Magna
- OS grid reference
- TQ 934 883
- Coordinates
- 51.56067, 0.78976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three headstones located one metre east of the east wall of the chancel at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. They date from the early 18th century and commemorate the Sumner family. Each headstone features a scrolled head. The northern stone is dedicated to Sumner and is dated 1732, adorned with a cherub head, bells, and foliage. The central stone commemorates Alice Sumner and is dated in the 17th century, featuring a skull and crossbones. The southern stone is for Thomas Sumner, dated 1734, and also displays a skull and crossbones.
Local climate
Group of 3 Headstones One Metre East of East Wall of Chancel, Church St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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