A8, Monument 149 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. A C18 Churchyard monument.
A8, Monument 149
- WRENN ID
- stony-sandstone-amber
- 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
- Churchyard monument
- Address
- A8, Monument 149, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 856 640
- Coordinates
- 52.24296, 0.7182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard monument located in Bury St Edmunds, dated 1738. It is made of Ketton stone and features an inscription that is partly legible, reading '...of this town'. The monument is adorned with a winged skull. This information was noted in the Survey of Monuments in the Great Churchyard around 1960 by West Suffolk County Council.
Local climate
A8, Monument 149 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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