Mclaren Headboard, Approximately 6 Metres to South East of South East Corner of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1991. Headboard.

Mclaren Headboard, Approximately 6 Metres to South East of South East Corner of Church of St John

WRENN ID
old-banister-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Waverley
Constituency
Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1991
Type
Headboard
OS grid reference
SU 978 428
Coordinates
51.17694, -0.60136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The McLaren headboard, located approximately 6 metres southeast of the southeast corner of the Church of St John, is a wooden structure dating from around 1917. It consists of five boards that are wooden-pegged together. The top board features a relief-carved Royal Flying Corps Coat of Arms, which includes a laurel wreath surrounding the initials RFC, topped by a royal crown on a cushion and flanked by eagle's wings. The west side of the board is inscribed with verses 9-10 of Psalm 139. Each side bears a commemorative inscription for Francis Walter Stafford McLaren, Member of Parliament and 2nd Lieutenant in the Flying Corps, who died in 1917 at Montrose. At the base, the Royal Flying Corps motto, "Per ardua ad astra," is displayed.

Local climate

Mclaren Headboard, Approximately 6 Metres to South East of South East Corner of Church of St John receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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