A8, Monuments 214, 215 and 218 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Monument.
A8, Monuments 214, 215 and 218
- WRENN ID
- proud-attic-evening
- 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
- A8, Monuments 214, 215 and 218, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 857 639
- Coordinates
- 52.24282, 0.7186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of churchyard monuments located in Bury St Edmunds.
MON 214 is a coffin stone with a headstone and footstone, dating from 1789, made of Ketton stone. It commemorates M.W. from 1789 and I.W. from 1800. Both the headstone and footstone feature fluted tops and initials.
MON 215 is an early 19th-century headstone, also made of Ketton stone, which displays an unusual batwinged skull.
MON 218 is a headstone from 1803 dedicated to William Holywood. This headstone features a sword and scabbard crossed under a plumed shako, with a pistol positioned beneath.
Local climate
A8, Monuments 214, 215 and 218 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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