A10, Monuments 125, 126, 139, 140, 178, 179 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Monument.

A10, Monuments 125, 126, 139, 140, 178, 179

WRENN ID
lunar-paling-wax
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
Monument
Address
A10, Monuments 125, 126, 139, 140, 178, 179, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 857 640
Coordinates
52.24323, 0.71925
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

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

MON 125 is a coffin tomb made of Ketton stone, dating from 1828, dedicated to Hannah Browne and is very worn. MON 126 is a small box-tomb from 1853, commemorating Mary Cooke (1853), her son Frederick (1841), another son Henry (1842), and John Cooke (1877). MON 139 is a delicate chest-tomb with feet, set on a low box-tomb, built in 1821 for George Hubbard Esq. and includes inscriptions for his daughter Susan, his wife Jane (1854), Katherine Wheelwright (1844), George Pretyman (1872), and Mary Elizabeth. This monument is in very poor condition. MON 140 is a chest tomb from 1831, dedicated to Mary Le Grice (1831), Henry Le Grice (1888), John Le Grice (1835), and Ann Le Grice (1885). MON 178 is a chest tomb from 1819, commemorating the wife of John Worilege (1819) and John Worilege himself (1852), and is also in very poor condition. Finally, MON 179 is a small box-tomb from around 1830, dedicated to John Frost (18?7) and his wife Elizabeth (1830).

Local climate

A10, Monuments 125, 126, 139, 140, 178, 179 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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