Gravestone of Peter the Wild Boy is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 2013. Gravestone. 2 related planning applications.
Gravestone of Peter the Wild Boy
- WRENN ID
- ragged-merlon-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 2013
- Type
- Gravestone
- Address
- Gravestone of Peter the Wild Boy, Churchyard of St Mary, Northchurch, Hertfordshire, HP4 3QZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 974 088
- Coordinates
- 51.76955, -0.58929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gravestone of Peter the Wild Boy is located in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church, directly opposite the south-east porch of the church. This small, plain stone measures approximately 0.52 meters in height and 0.45 meters in width. The top of the gravestone rises to a now very weathered double scyma. It is inscribed with the words ‘PETER the Wild Boy 1785’.
Local climate
Gravestone of Peter the Wild Boy sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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