Stone Coffin on Island in Lake at Rowney Priory (120 Metres to South South East of House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Coffin.
Stone Coffin on Island in Lake at Rowney Priory (120 Metres to South South East of House)
- WRENN ID
- second-cornice-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Coffin
- OS grid reference
- TL 348 201
- Coordinates
- 51.86332, -0.04341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone coffin located on an island in the lake at Rowney Priory, approximately 120 meters southeast of the house, dates back to the medieval period. It is made of stone and takes the form of a rectangular monolith, featuring an apaturve shaped like a wrapped figure carved from the top. The coffin measures about 2 meters in length but is broken into two parts. It is positioned at the foot of a tree on a small island. The coffin was excavated in the 19th century and was rediscovered around 1952.
Local climate
Stone Coffin on Island in Lake at Rowney Priory (120 Metres to South South East of House) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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