A3, Monuments 29, 43a, 44, 49, 50, 51 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Monuments.

A3, Monuments 29, 43a, 44, 49, 50, 51

WRENN ID
stark-shingle-russet
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
A3, Monuments 29, 43a, 44, 49, 50, 51, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 856 640
Coordinates
52.24301, 0.71738
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This listing describes a group of six monuments located in the Great Churchyard of Bury St Edmunds.

Monument 29 is a flat coffin with a head and foot, made of Ketton stone, dating from 1809. It commemorates John Bull and his wife Ann, who died in 1831, and features good lettering. Monument 43A is a headstone from 1707, also made of Ketton stone, with a narrow top adorned with two tulips and inscribed with the name Richard, who died on February 7, 1707, at the age of 55 years. Monument 44 is an 18th-century headstone, again in Ketton stone, inscribed in memory of Frances Daniel.

Monument 49 consists of a head and footstone with a coffin-shaped ledger, dating from 1786, dedicated to Thomas and his wife, who died in 1812. Monument 50 is a headstone from 1807 for George Griggs, featuring an open book in a tondo before his name. Lastly, Monument 51 is a headstone from 1818 for Elizabeth Griggs, which has an old-style plumb line carved on the south side, possibly indicating a trade or freemason connection.

Local climate

A3, Monuments 29, 43a, 44, 49, 50, 51 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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