Headstone Approximately 11 Metres West of South West Angle of South Aisle of Church of St Mary Magdelene is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. Headstone.
Headstone Approximately 11 Metres West of South West Angle of South Aisle of Church of St Mary Magdelene
- WRENN ID
- vast-threshold-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- SP 863 591
- Coordinates
- 52.22358, -0.73739
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This headstone, dated 1691, is located approximately 11 meters west of the southwest angle of the south aisle of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Castle Ashby. It is made of limestone and features a rounded top. The headstone is decorated with skulls and cross-bones, along with an inscription in relief that reads "CATRINA/ADAMS/1691." Below the inscription, there is a relief of a gesturing hand.
Local climate
Headstone Approximately 11 Metres West of South West Angle of South Aisle of Church of St Mary Magdelene 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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