Wheldon Headstone Approximately 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Giles is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Monument.
Wheldon Headstone Approximately 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Giles
- WRENN ID
- winter-basalt-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Epsom and Ewell MP: Helen Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 193 580
- Coordinates
- 51.30869, -0.28969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wheldon headstone, located approximately 8 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Giles, is a monumental headstone from the late 18th century. It commemorates John Wheldon, who died in 1764, and Martha Wheldon, who died in 1778. The headstone is made of limestone and features a scrolled top that is intricately carved with leaves and flowers, an hourglass, a skull, and a book.
Local climate
Wheldon Headstone Approximately 8 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Giles 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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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