Memorial to Martha Southwold 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1986. Monument.
Memorial to Martha Southwold 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- nether-belfry-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TF 505 027
- Coordinates
- 52.60202, 0.22211
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The memorial to Martha Southwold, dating from 1738, is located 3 meters north of the chancel of the Church of St. Peter. It is a headstone made of limestone, featuring a rectangular shape with a coved set-back top. The design includes a pair of Ionic columns that support a moulded entablature, which flanks a bowed circular inscription panel. Foliage is depicted in the spandrels. Above the entablature, there is a high relief figure of a naked woman with long hair reclining in a sinking boat.
Local climate
Memorial to Martha Southwold 3 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Peter sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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