Coffin Cover Immediately North East of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Less is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1993. Coffin cover.

Coffin Cover Immediately North East of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Less

WRENN ID
sharp-cupola-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1993
Type
Coffin cover
Address
Coffin Cover Immediately North East of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Less, Bury Road, Thetford
OS grid reference
TL 868 828
Coordinates
52.41156, 0.7451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 13th-century coffin cover located immediately northeast of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Less in Thetford. It is made of stone, rectangular in shape, and tapers towards one end. The upper face features an indent of an applied Celtic cross.

Local climate

Coffin Cover Immediately North East of Chancel of Church of St Mary the Less sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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