Headstone to T K North Approximately 5 Metres South of South West Corner of Church Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1984. Headstone.
Headstone to T K North Approximately 5 Metres South of South West Corner of Church Tower
- WRENN ID
- tattered-chancel-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1984
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TF 830 204
- Coordinates
- 52.75101, 0.71053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dated 1919, located approximately 5 metres south of the southwest corner of the church tower in Rougham. The headstone features a carving of a twin-engined bi-plane, flanked by volutes. The inscription reads "Thomas Keppel North O.B.E. ..... He was the superintendent of Vickers works and designed the first aeroplane to cross the Atlantic ocean." This headstone is noted for its unusual motif.
Local climate
Headstone to T K North Approximately 5 Metres South of South West Corner of Church Tower receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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