Row of 4 Headstones Approximately 10 Metres South West of South Aisle of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1985. Headstones.
Row of 4 Headstones Approximately 10 Metres South West of South Aisle of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1985
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SP 588 788
- Coordinates
- 52.40438, -1.13652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of four headstones located approximately 10 meters southwest of the south aisle of the Church of St. Nicholas. The rightmost headstone is dated 1688 and is made of limestone ashlar, featuring scrolled decoration and a cherub head at the center. The other headstones, from left to right, commemorate Stephen Branton who died in 1707, Mary Branton who died in 1702, and Elizabeth Branton who also died in 1707. All are rectangular slate slabs, each with a decorated capital at the beginning of the inscription.
Local climate
Row of 4 Headstones Approximately 10 Metres South West of South Aisle of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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