Headtone by South East Buttress of Porch of Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. Headstone.
Headtone by South East Buttress of Porch of Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- rooted-copper-wind
- 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
- Headstone
- Address
- Headtone by South East Buttress of Porch of Church of All Saints, Church Path, Wretton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk
- OS grid reference
- TL 690 999
- Coordinates
- 52.57068, 0.49269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dating from the mid-18th century, is located by the south-east buttress of the porch of the Church of All Saints. It is made of ashlar stone and features an inscription that is now illegible. The headstone has a cartouche inscription panel shaped like a lobed Greek cross, with floral and leaf carvings filling the spaces between the lobes, sides, and base. The top is set back in a segmental shape and is adorned with a cherub head, while an hourglass is depicted to the left.
Local climate
Headtone by South East Buttress of Porch of Church of All Saints 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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