Thatcher Headstone, Approximately 6 Metres South of East End of South Chapel at Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Waverley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1991. Headstone.
Thatcher Headstone, Approximately 6 Metres South of East End of South Chapel at Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- half-lantern-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Waverley
- Constituency
- Godalming and Ash MP: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1991
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 968 439
- Coordinates
- 51.18689, -0.61577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatcher headstone, located approximately 6 metres south of the east end of the south chapel at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, dates from around 1741. It is made of stone and features an elaborately-shaped top with relief carvings of a winged skull, an hourglass, a trumpet, and a bible. The inscription, which has worn over time, commemorates Thomas Thatcher, who died in 1741, and his second wife, Jane, who died in 1740.
Local climate
Thatcher Headstone, Approximately 6 Metres South of East End of South Chapel at Church of St Peter and St Paul 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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