Tombstone 6 Metres South of Church of St Mary Magdalen Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. A C18 Tombstone.
Tombstone 6 Metres South of Church of St Mary Magdalen Chancel
- WRENN ID
- quiet-floor-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- TF 598 113
- Coordinates
- 52.6764, 0.36342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tombstone, dating from the early 18th century, is located 6 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary Magdalen. It is made of limestone and features two touching vesicas that hold indecipherable inscription tablets beneath a fluted frieze. The top of the tombstone is shouldered and segmental, supported by scrolled consoles, and it contains octagonal symbols in relief, including a cross, a bible, a skull, and others.
Local climate
Tombstone 6 Metres South of Church of St Mary Magdalen Chancel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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