Headstone in Memory of Rachel Watts and John Watts is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Headstone.
Headstone in Memory of Rachel Watts and John Watts
- WRENN ID
- open-passage-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Headstone in Memory of Rachel Watts and John Watts, Church Road, Hardingham
- OS grid reference
- TG 035 051
- Coordinates
- 52.60578, 1.00412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone in memory of Rachel Watts and John Watts, dating from 1781. It is made of carved limestone and features a seated woman who is draped and weeping. There is also an obelisk located adjacent to the headstone.
Local climate
Headstone in Memory of Rachel Watts and John Watts 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- No sale records on file
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