Kin Memorial Approximately 4 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1988. Headstone.
Kin Memorial Approximately 4 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- steep-thatch-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 475 260
- Coordinates
- 51.93102, -1.30923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kin Memorial, located approximately 4 meters southwest of the porch of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, is a headstone dating from around 1705. It is made of marlstone and designed in the Baroque style. The stone features a scrolled head above an egg-and-dart cornice, with a raised rectangular inscription panel. This panel is adorned with swags and a winged cherub's head, which is flanked by intricately carved flower drops. The inscription commemorates William Kin, who died in 1705.
Local climate
Kin Memorial Approximately 4 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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