Pair of Headstones in the Church Yard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene About 9 Metres South of the Nave is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Headstone.
Pair of Headstones in the Church Yard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene About 9 Metres South of the Nave
- WRENN ID
- tall-hall-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SO 893 360
- Coordinates
- 52.02304, -2.15642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of matching headstones located in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, approximately 9 meters south of the nave. They are made of limestone. The left-hand headstone commemorates Thomas Low, who died in 1662, while the right-hand headstone is for Thomas Low, who died in 1677. Each headstone features oval inscription plaques adorned with foliate scrollwork on either side, and a skull is positioned above the inscriptions.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones in the Church Yard of the Church of St Mary Magdalene About 9 Metres South of the Nave receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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