Two Monuments, 3 Metres East of the Chancel Wall of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1988. Monument.
Two Monuments, 3 Metres East of the Chancel Wall of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- hollow-basalt-tarn
- 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
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TL 982 636
- Coordinates
- 52.23497, 0.90148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two headstones made of limestone are located 3 meters east of the chancel wall of the Church of St John. The northernmost and larger headstone commemorates Mr. Matthew M..., who died in 1695, and features a pair of skeletons on either side standing on hourglasses, along with a winged cherub face above an inscription in a cartouche. The second headstone is partially buried, revealing two skulls, palm fronds, a cherub's face, and part of an inscription.
Local climate
Two Monuments, 3 Metres East of the Chancel Wall of Church of St John sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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