A3, Monuments 48, 54, 60, 67, 73, 74, 80 and 86 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Monument group.
A3, Monuments 48, 54, 60, 67, 73, 74, 80 and 86
- WRENN ID
- distant-sentry-sepia
- 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 group
- Address
- A3, Monuments 48, 54, 60, 67, 73, 74, 80 and 86, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 855 640
- Coordinates
- 52.24292, 0.71695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of eight monuments located in the Great Churchyard of Bury St Edmunds.
MONUMENT 48 is a headstone from 1699 made of Ketton stone, featuring a winged angel head flanked by draped skulls and a shield cartouche. It is inscribed with "here lyeth ye body of SUSAN ye daughter of JOHN CRASKE. She died ye 1 November 1699."
MONUMENT 54 is a coffin-shaped ledger from 1715, also made of Ketton stone. It has head and footstones that are identically carved with a winged angel head and drapes, inscribed with "...CRASKE...Alderman of this Borough who dyed ye 26 of June Anno Dom 1715 aged 75 yrs."
MONUMENT 60 is a flat coffin-shaped ledger slab with head and footstones from the 18th century, made of Ketton stone. The broken headstone features two fine winged angel heads.
MONUMENT 67 is another flat coffin-shaped ledger with head and footstone, dating to around 1715.
MONUMENT 73 is a box tomb with a table top, possibly from 1711, made of Ketton stone. It has a very worn inscription on top and a fine Rococo panel at the east end in high relief depicting two winged angel heads, drapes, and flowers.
MONUMENT 74 is a flat ledger slab with head and footstones from 1789, made of Ketton and York stone. The headstone features a delicate winged angel head and is inscribed with SARAH 1789 and THOMAS WILSON aged 73, 2.3.1809.
MONUMENT 80 is a headstone from 1752 made of Ketton stone, dedicated to ROBERT BEEPS, 1752, and ANN, his wife, 1748. It has a double inscription panel with winged angel heads.
MONUMENT 86 is a headstone from the 18th century made of Ketton stone, which has no inscription but is decorated with a bold skull.
Local climate
A3, Monuments 48, 54, 60, 67, 73, 74, 80 and 86 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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