Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1987. A C17 Monument.
Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-pier-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 500 194
- Coordinates
- 51.87167, -1.2748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dating from around 1697, is located approximately 5 meters southeast of the porch of the Church of St. Mary in Kirtlington. It is made of marlstone and features a rectangular panel framed by a winged cherub and flower drops beneath a scrolled pedimented head. The inscription on the headstone is mostly illegible but includes the date 1697.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Mary 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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