Monument 7 Feet from the South Wall of the Chancel and 8 Feet from the East Wall of the South Aisle of the Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1985. Monument.

Monument 7 Feet from the South Wall of the Chancel and 8 Feet from the East Wall of the South Aisle of the Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
north-loft-dust
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
Monument
Address
Monument 7 Feet from the South Wall of the Chancel and 8 Feet from the East Wall of the South Aisle of the Church of All Saints, the Green, Fornham All Saints
OS grid reference
TL 837 676
Coordinates
52.27603, 0.69218
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This monument is located 7 feet from the south wall of the chancel and 8 feet from the east wall of the south aisle of the Church of All Saints in Fornham All Saints. It consists of a headstone and footstone placed back-to-back, with the footstone dated 1706 and bearing the initials W.E. The decoration is deeply cut and features a central bucranium holding the ends of a swag in its mouth, flanked by two winged cherub heads. The footstone also includes an hourglass with volutes and crossbones on each side.

Local climate

Monument 7 Feet from the South Wall of the Chancel and 8 Feet from the East Wall of the South Aisle of the Church of All Saints 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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