Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- worn-cupola-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TF 958 073
- Coordinates
- 52.62866, 0.89206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a double headstone located approximately 12 metres south of the chancel at Shipdham Church. It dates from the mid to late 18th century and features illegible inscriptions. The headstone is designed with a double arch that is divided by a narrow fluted pilaster. It includes an egg and dart border around the inscribed panels and has Rococo carving above, which features two Putti busts.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 12 Metres South of Chancel 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 79% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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