Pair of Headstones Approximately 8 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. A C17 Headstones.
Pair of Headstones Approximately 8 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- other-mortar-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- SP 541 499
- Coordinates
- 52.14536, -1.21075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones from the 17th century, made of ironstone, located approximately 8 meters southwest of the south porch of the Church of St. Nicholas. The headstone on the left features a rectangular inscription plaque set in a moulded frame, topped with a scroll pediment and a rosette, commemorating William Cooke, although it does not include a date. The headstone on the right has a square plaque with a moulded frame and a scroll top, which contains a fragmentary inscription for "Elizabeth," also without a date.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones Approximately 8 Metres South West of South Porch of Church of St Nicholas 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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