Row of 3 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres South of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1985. Headstone.
Row of 3 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres South of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- frozen-jade-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1985
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 459 376
- Coordinates
- 52.03548, -1.33091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of three headstones located approximately 5 meters south of the porch of the Church of St. John the Baptist. They date from the early 18th century and are made of ironstone. Two of the headstones feature scrolled heads adorned with cherubs' heads, foliage, and central panels that have illegible inscriptions. The middle headstone has a rounded head with a central cherub's head and boldly carved flowers on each side. It also has a raised panel that bears an illegible inscription along with the date 1706.
Local climate
Row of 3 Headstones Approximately 5 Metres South of Porch of Church of St John the Baptist 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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