A5, Monuments 282, 283, 284, 285 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Monument.

A5, Monuments 282, 283, 284, 285

WRENN ID
ghost-casement-moth
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
A5, Monuments 282, 283, 284, 285, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 856 639
Coordinates
52.24285, 0.71765
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of four churchyard monuments located in Bury St Edmunds.

MON 282 is a headstone made of Ketton stone, dating from 1754, commemorating Mary Carpenter (1754), William Hammond (1794), and Ann, wife of William Hammond (1789). It features two winged angel heads, which are very worn.

MON 283 is another headstone from the 18th century, also made of Ketton stone, dedicated to John Warren, and is decorated with scrolls.

MON 284 is a headstone from the 18th century, made of Ketton stone, but has no legible inscription. It includes a winged hourglass.

MON 285 is a headstone from 1789, made of Ketton stone, honoring Thomas Warren (1815), his wife Sophia (1789), their daughter Sophia (1768), and their daughter Elizabeth Charlotta (1767). This monument is wide, featuring a double inscription panel and a winged angel head.

Local climate

A5, Monuments 282, 283, 284, 285 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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