Memorial to Henry Wright 7 Metres South of Nave of Church of Saint John is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Memorial.
Memorial to Henry Wright 7 Metres South of Nave of Church of Saint John
- WRENN ID
- broken-corner-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- TF 539 158
- Coordinates
- 52.71832, 0.27759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dedicated to Henry Wright, located 7 meters south of the nave of the Church of St. John. It dates from 1733 and is made of limestone. The headstone has a rectangular shape with a segmental coved set-back top. It features a pair of Tuscan columns that support a moulded entablature, which contains a bowed oval inscription panel. In the spandrels of the panel, there are representations of a crown and thorns. Above the entablature, there is a winged cherub head.
Local climate
Memorial to Henry Wright 7 Metres South of Nave of Church of Saint John 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% 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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