Tombstone to John Kane 20 Metres South of the Church of Saint Anne is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1997. Tombstone.
Tombstone to John Kane 20 Metres South of the Church of Saint Anne
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1997
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- SK 057 729
- Coordinates
- 53.25358, -1.91578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tombstone and headstone for John Kane, located 20 meters south of the Church of St Anne in Buxton. The memorial dates back to 1799 and is made of gritstone. It features a kerbed slab at the front and has partial remains of iron railings. The inscription on the stone commemorates John Kane, a comedian who passed away on December 10, 1799, at the age of 58. Additionally, the kerbed slab notes that the grave was restored by John Laurence Toole in memory of one of the most eminent comedians of the Victorian Era, who visited Buxton on August 14, 1889, for the opening of the new theatre. John Kane was a friend of William Martin, and it is said that he died after mistakenly eating Aconite, thinking it was a type of radish.
Local climate
Tombstone to John Kane 20 Metres South of the Church of Saint Anne sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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