4 Monuments Including John Pariot, 2 Metres to the South and East of Churchyard Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 June 1986. Headstone.
4 Monuments Including John Pariot, 2 Metres to the South and East of Churchyard Cross
- WRENN ID
- tattered-rood-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 June 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- ST 587 142
- Coordinates
- 50.92656, -2.58866
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Four headstones located 2 metres to the south and east of the Churchyard Cross in Bradford Abbas date from the late 17th century and 18th century. They are made of lias stone and feature curved tops with carved cherubs. Each headstone has raised foliate framing around the inscriptions. The first headstone is dedicated to John Pariot, who died on June 9, 1774. The second has capital lettering and an incised inscription from the 17th century. The third and fourth headstones have inscriptions that are illegible and date from the early 18th century.
Local climate
4 Monuments Including John Pariot, 2 Metres to the South and East of Churchyard Cross receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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