Gargoyle Adjacent to North West Corner of Vestry of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. Sculpture.
Gargoyle Adjacent to North West Corner of Vestry of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- shifting-passage-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1986
- Type
- Sculpture
- OS grid reference
- SP 871 716
- Coordinates
- 52.33631, -0.72243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gargoyle, now a churchyard sculpture, is located adjacent to the northwest corner of the vestry of the Church of St. Mary. It is likely from the 14th century and is made of limestone ashlar. The sculpture depicts the head and shoulders of a man and was removed from the church tower following its collapse around 1967.
Local climate
Gargoyle Adjacent to North West Corner of Vestry of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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