Headstone Approximately 10 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Monument. 1 related planning application.
Headstone Approximately 10 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sharp-ledge-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SP 574 490
- Coordinates
- 52.13677, -1.16224
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dating from the 17th century, is located approximately 10 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Moreton Pinkney. It is made of limestone and features an inscription plaque that has an eared architrave topped with a skull and scrolls. The date of death inscribed on the headstone is 1668, but the name has not survived. The upper part of the inscription is significantly weathered.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 10 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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