A9, Monuments 5 and 6 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Churchyard monument.

A9, Monuments 5 and 6

WRENN ID
far-shingle-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
Churchyard monument
Address
A9, Monuments 5 and 6, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
OS grid reference
TL 856 640
Coordinates
52.24335, 0.71834
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two churchyard monuments located in the Great Churchyard of Bury St Edmunds.

Monument 5 is a headstone from the late 17th century or early 18th century, made of Ketton stone. It is sunken and lacks any surviving date or inscription. The headstone features a slightly bellied cartouche, a winged angel head, and a crude skull.

Monument 6 is a headstone from the 18th century, made of York stone. It commemorates P. Peppen and is decorated with a delicate winged angel head.

Local climate

A9, Monuments 5 and 6 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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