Ruin of Charnel House About 10 Metres South of the South Aisle of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1954. Ruin.
Ruin of Charnel House About 10 Metres South of the South Aisle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- hidden-clay-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1954
- Type
- Ruin
- OS grid reference
- TL 710 745
- Coordinates
- 52.34263, 0.50948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruin of a charnel house, dating from 1387, is located about 10 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Mary in Mildenhall. It was built for Ralph de Walsham and is constructed from flint rubble with freestone dressings. A notable feature is a late 19th-century moulded arched doorway in the 13th-century Gothic style, which was added when the ruin was adapted for the vault of the Read family. This doorway is framed by a limestone slab that bears epitaphs for several members of the Read family. To the right of the doorway, there are remains of steps leading up to the chapel of St. Michael, which was constructed above the charnel house.
Local climate
Ruin of Charnel House About 10 Metres South of the South Aisle of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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