Monument 12 Metres South of Church Porch is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Tombstone.

Monument 12 Metres South of Church Porch

WRENN ID
burning-gable-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1986
Type
Tombstone
OS grid reference
SU 740 199
Coordinates
50.97458, -0.94728
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a tombstone located 12 metres south of the church porch in Buriton, dating from the mid-18th century. The headstone features a carved relief at the top, surrounded by outer scrollwork, depicting an open book and a skull. The inscription on the stone refers to William Hownsham, with a date of 1715, although this date is uncertain.

Local climate

Monument 12 Metres South of Church Porch 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 greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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