Headstone Approximately 2.5 Metres East of John Roper Monument Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1997. Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 2.5 Metres East of John Roper Monument Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- winding-zinc-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- South Dorset MP: Lloyd Hatton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1997
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SY 660 852
- Coordinates
- 50.66587, -2.48149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dating from the 17th century, is located approximately 2.5 meters east of the John Roper monument at the Church of St Laurence in Upwey, Weymouth. It is made of Portland stone and stands about 0.45 meters high and 0.3 meters wide, featuring a rounded top. Each face of the headstone has a sunk panel with an inscription in capital letters, typical of 17th-century monuments, although no date is legible.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 2.5 Metres East of John Roper Monument Church of St Laurence receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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