Stone Coffin in the Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Lying Against the South Side of the Tower is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1985. Coffin.

Stone Coffin in the Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Lying Against the South Side of the Tower

WRENN ID
half-basalt-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1985
Type
Coffin
Address
Stone Coffin in the Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Lying Against the South Side of the Tower, the Green, Fornham All Saints
OS grid reference
TL 837 676
Coordinates
52.27599, 0.69189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stone coffin located in the churchyard of the Church of All Saints, positioned against the south side of the tower, dates back to the medieval period. It is a plain, lidless coffin that tapers towards the foot. The coffin is lying on its right side, with the open interior facing outward. It is included for its group value with the church.

Local climate

Stone Coffin in the Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Lying Against the South Side of the Tower 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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