Pair of Burial Stones 3 Metres South of the South Aisle of Church of St Ethelbert is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1988. Grave marker.
Pair of Burial Stones 3 Metres South of the South Aisle of Church of St Ethelbert
- WRENN ID
- white-chancel-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1988
- Type
- Grave marker
- OS grid reference
- TL 936 618
- Coordinates
- 52.22062, 0.83415
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description is for a pair of medieval burial stones located 3 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St Ethelbert in Hessett. The stones are made of limestone and each measures about 2 meters by 1 meter. They are rectangular in shape, slightly raised above ground level, and feature a coping with a roll at the ridge. At the east end, the roll spreads in a stepped manner down both slopes of each stone. Both burial stones are identical and are positioned less than 0.5 meters apart.
Local climate
Pair of Burial Stones 3 Metres South of the South Aisle of Church of St Ethelbert sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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