Monument to William Bean in Churchyard of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1986. A 1780 Monument.

Monument to William Bean in Churchyard of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 July 1986
Type
Monument
Address
Monument to William Bean in Churchyard of Church of St Mary, School Road, West Walton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
OS grid reference
TF 471 133
Coordinates
52.69773, 0.17545
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The monument to William Bean, located in the churchyard of St. Mary, is a Grade II listed table tomb dating from 1787. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape with corner clasping pilasters that have entasis. The pilasters are adorned with relief carvings of amphorae, rosettes, and drapery folds, while the east and west ends display crossed burning torches. The cornice is designed as a triglyph frieze with roundels in the metope panels. On the north and south sides, there are raised inscription panels with a fan-shell decorative motif extending to the sides. The top slab is plain and overhanging.

Local climate

Monument to William Bean in Churchyard of Church of St Mary 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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