Penning Memorial About 30m East of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1987. Monument.
Penning Memorial About 30m East of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- narrow-steel-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Penning Memorial About 30m East of Church of St Peter, A143, Palgrave
- OS grid reference
- TM 116 784
- Coordinates
- 52.36351, 1.10641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Penning memorial is a chest tomb located about 30 meters east of the Church of St. Peter. It commemorates R. Penning, who died circa 1790, and his wife Anne, who died in 1797. The tomb is constructed of ashlar stone and features raised fielded panelled sides. The long sides are flanked by broad recessed pilasters that are bellied at their bases. The capping has a rounded edge and includes an inscription.
Local climate
Penning Memorial About 30m East 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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