A10, Monument 185 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Monument.
A10, Monument 185
- WRENN ID
- hushed-basalt-furze
- 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
- Address
- A10, Monument 185, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 857 640
- Coordinates
- 52.24298, 0.71933
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard monument located in Bury St Edmunds, specifically in the Great Churchyard. It is a coffin tomb with head and footstones, dating from 1817 and made of Ketton stone. The monument commemorates John Thompson, who died in 1817; his wife Martha, who died in 1815; his sister Mary, who died in 1781; Edward Thompson, who died in 1869; and his wife Ann, who died in 1810. The monument is described as a palimpsest and has recently been broken. The headstone features a winged angel head and includes a double inscription panel.
Local climate
A10, Monument 185 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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