Headstone in Memory of Matthew Austen 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 Matthew Austen

WRENN ID
sheer-spindle-gilt
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 Matthew Austen, Church Road, Hardingham
OS grid reference
TG 035 051
Coordinates
52.60581, 1.00419
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century headstone made of carved limestone, located on the north side of Hardingham Church Road. It commemorates Matthew Austen and features a weeping putto holding a ring of fate, with flanking scrolls.

Local climate

Headstone in Memory of Matthew Austen 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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