Monument 3 Metres South of Tower 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 6 February 1986. Monument.
Monument 3 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- former-wattle-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 724 880
- Coordinates
- 52.46272, 0.53741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located 3 meters south of the tower of the Church of St. Peter, dating from 1703. It is made of ashlar stone and has a square shape, although its borders are affected by protruding carved foliate forms. The headstone features a bowed oval inscription panel that is surrounded by a laurel wreath. At the top, there is a skull and crossed bones, with putti heads on either side.
Local climate
Monument 3 Metres South of Tower 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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