Figurehead Approximately 50 Metres South of Royal Dockyard Church is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1971. Figurehead.

Figurehead Approximately 50 Metres South of Royal Dockyard Church

WRENN ID
hushed-joist-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 May 1971
Type
Figurehead
OS grid reference
TQ 758 689
Coordinates
51.39207, 0.52672
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This figurehead, located approximately 50 metres south of the Royal Dockyard Church in Chatham, dates from around 1839. It is made of painted wood and depicts a half figure of the Marquis of Wellesley, who was the Governor General of India. The figurehead is mounted on a scrolled section of a ship's prow and was originally fitted to the HMS Wellesley, which was de-commissioned in 1839.

Local climate

Figurehead Approximately 50 Metres South of Royal Dockyard Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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