Stone Coffin in the Churchyard Immediately East of the Gates to the Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Monument.
Stone Coffin in the Churchyard Immediately East of the Gates to the Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- young-barrel-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Stone Coffin in the Churchyard Immediately East of the Gates to the Church of St Nicholas, Worth Matravers
- OS grid reference
- SY 972 774
- Coordinates
- 50.59661, -2.03966
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The stone coffin located in the churchyard immediately east of the gates to the Church of St Nicholas dates from the 15th century. It is covered with a raised stone coffin lid that features a chamfered edge and a raised cross.
Local climate
Stone Coffin in the Churchyard Immediately East of the Gates to the Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Gravestone at Church of St Nicholas, 8 Paces from East End of Church
- 2 Walden Aston Monument, in the Churchyard C10m West of West Wall of the Church of Saint Nicholas
- 3 Remains of Medieval Coffin Approximately 3 Metres to South of Porch to Church of St Nicholas
- 4 Stone Coffin in the Churchyard of the Church of All Saints, Lying Against the South Side of the Tower
- 5 Churchyard Cross to Church of St Nicholas
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