Headstone Approximately 1 Metres South of Nave of Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1987. Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 1 Metres South of Nave of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- sombre-gateway-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 407 981
- Coordinates
- 51.68021, -1.41241
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a limestone headstone located approximately 1 metre south of the nave of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Kingston Bagpuize. It serves as a memorial to Martha, the daughter of George Shaw, who died in 1693. The headstone features a bewigged head that surmounts a simple segmental pediment.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 1 Metres South of Nave of Church of St John the Baptist receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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