Headstone to Rowland Prowting, St Nicholas' Churchyard, South of St Nicholas' Church is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 2005. A C18 Headstone.
Headstone to Rowland Prowting, St Nicholas' Churchyard, South of St Nicholas' Church
- WRENN ID
- steep-zinc-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 2005
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Headstone to Rowland Prowting, St Nicholas' Churchyard, South of St Nicholas' Church, Chawton, East Hampshire
- OS grid reference
- SU 707 369
- Coordinates
- 51.1279, -0.98985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located in the churchyard of St Nicholas' Church, south of the church, dating from around 1755. It is made of limestone and features a shaped head. The upper part of the headstone has a panel with relief-carved rococo style ornamentation, which includes acanthus scrolls surrounding a putto. Below this, there is an inscription embellished with scrollwork that reads, "In memory of ROWLAND PROWTING who Died July the 27 1755." This headstone is a good example of quality limestone work in the Rococo style.
Local climate
Headstone to Rowland Prowting, St Nicholas' Churchyard, South of St Nicholas' Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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