Headstone 8 Metres South of Porch 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 8 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Andrew

WRENN ID
fossil-grate-spring
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
52.591, 0.46008
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This headstone, dating from the early 18th century, is located 8 meters south of the porch of the Church of St Andrew in West Dereham. It is made of ashlar stone and features an inscription that is now illegible. The design includes a square inscription panel situated below a winged cherub head, which is surrounded by a decorative field of fleshy vegetative scrolls.

Local climate

Headstone 8 Metres South of Porch 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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