Tombstone, 60 Cm West of South Porch of the Parish Church of St. Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. A Medieval Monument.
Tombstone, 60 Cm West of South Porch of the Parish Church of St. Margaret
- WRENN ID
- hushed-pinnacle-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Norwich North MP: Alice Macdonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Tombstone, 60 Cm West of South Porch of the Parish Church of St. Margaret, School Road, Drayton
- OS grid reference
- TG 180 137
- Coordinates
- 52.67742, 1.2239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a re-positioned coffin lid made of stone, dating from the 14th century. It has a tapered rectangular shape and features a central inscribed cross with fleur-de-lys terminals. The perimeter of the lid is inscribed, although the northern edge is now missing. It is located 60 centimeters west of the south porch of the Parish Church of St. Margaret.
Local climate
Tombstone, 60 Cm West of South Porch of the Parish Church of St. Margaret 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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