Coffin lid about 15 metres North of Church of St Mary The Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1989. Coffin lid.
Coffin lid about 15 metres North of Church of St Mary The Virgin
- WRENN ID
- proud-pillar-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1989
- Type
- Coffin lid
- OS grid reference
- TG 144 309
- Coordinates
- 52.83369, 1.18275
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a coffin lid located about 15 metres north of the Church of St Mary The Virgin, dating from around the 13th century. It is a stone monolith, pinkish white in color, likely made of limestone, and is currently broken into two pieces. The coffin lid is long, tapered, and ridged, featuring splayed corners. Along the ridge, there is a shaft that terminates in fleuree crosses, with an additional fleuree cross positioned off-centre where the stone is broken.
Local climate
Coffin lid about 15 metres North of Church of St Mary The Virgin receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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