Headstone to Mary Dobbs 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Monument.
Headstone to Mary Dobbs 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- scattered-chimney-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TF 667 020
- Coordinates
- 52.59107, 0.46032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dedicated to Mary Dobbs, located 3 meters south of the nave of the Church of St Andrew in West Dereham. It dates from 1791 and is made of ashlar stone. The headstone has a rectangular shape with a set-back segmental top and features a circular raised inscription panel. Above the inscription, there is a relief depicting a woman washing at an urn, with leaf trails framing the composition on both the right and left sides.
Local climate
Headstone to Mary Dobbs 3 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Andrew sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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