Monument to the Shorting Family 3 Metres North East of the Vestry of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1987. Monument.
Monument to the Shorting Family 3 Metres North East of the Vestry of Church
- WRENN ID
- other-doorway-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TM 133 595
- Coordinates
- 52.19279, 1.12028
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to the Shorting Family, located 3 meters north-east of the vestry of the church, dates from the early 19th century. It is a large limestone chest featuring a moulded base and cornice, topped with an urn and adorned with rich flowing drapery. Each face of the monument has a sunk panel that includes inscriptions framed by crossed palm fronds.
Local climate
Monument to the Shorting Family 3 Metres North East of the Vestry of Church sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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