A5, Monuments 14, 15 and 30 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Monuments.

A5, Monuments 14, 15 and 30

WRENN ID
waning-alcove-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 October 1997
Type
Monuments
Address
A5, Monuments 14, 15 and 30, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 856 640
Coordinates
52.24314, 0.71723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of three churchyard monuments located in the Great Churchyard of Bury St Edmunds.

MON 14 is a tombstone from 1774 made of Ketton stone, dedicated to Prudence, the wife of Stephen Hailstone, who died in 1806, along with their two sons, Thomas, who died in infancy, and James, who died in 1807. It features a narrow oval box-tomb on a plinth that once had railings.

MON 15 consists of a headstone and footstone with a heavy ledger, dating from 1660, also made of Ketton stone. It commemorates a man who died in 1660 and his wife who died in 1661. The footstone bears the inscription "Here lyes John, Henry, ..., ..., Sons of Philip & Dorothy Mils," listing several sons who died in infancy, including John in 1689, Henry in 1695, and Thomas in 1696.

MON 30 is a headstone from 1752, also made of Ketton stone, dedicated to George Candler and his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1727. This monument features a very elaborate deeply-carved design that includes angel heads, skulls, drapes, urns, and pilasters, along with a bellied cartouche.

Local climate

A5, Monuments 14, 15 and 30 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 85% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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