A10, Monuments 281, 282, 303, 304 is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1997. Monument.
A10, Monuments 281, 282, 303, 304
- WRENN ID
- sombre-stronghold-jackdaw
- 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, Monuments 281, 282, 303, 304, Abbey Precincts, Bury St. Edmunds
- OS grid reference
- TL 857 640
- Coordinates
- 52.2433, 0.71945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of four churchyard monuments located in the Great Churchyard of Bury St Edmunds.
MON 281 is a coffin tomb with a headstone and footstone, dated 1799, made from Ketton stone, dedicated to Susannah Ely. The headstone features a winged angel head and foliage.
MON 282 is another coffin tomb with a headstone and footstone, dated 1801, also made from Ketton stone, dedicated to Edward Ely. Its headstone displays an urn in an oval above palm branches, with an egg-shell festoon.
MON 303 is a coffin stone from 1847, made of Portland stone, dedicated to John Chatten. It is a small tombstone for a 2-year-old child.
MON 304 is a box tomb from 1833, commemorating several members of the Portway family: John Portway (1895), William Portway (1844), Albert Portway (1880), Harry (son of George and Sarah, 1833), George Portway (1868), Sarah (his wife, 1881), and Ellen (his daughter, 1911).
Local climate
A10, Monuments 281, 282, 303, 304 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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