Smith Monument 30 Yards West of Church of St Helen is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Tomb.
Smith Monument 30 Yards West of Church of St Helen
- WRENN ID
- inner-tallow-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 735 766
- Coordinates
- 51.46192, 0.49692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith Monument is a chest tomb located 30 yards west of the Church of St. Helen, dating from 1781. It is made of stone and features a tall base on a plinth with two steps leading up to the chest tomb. The sides of the tomb are panelled, with gadrooned baluster corners and a corniced lid. The monument is inscribed to John Smith, who died in 1781. At the time of the last survey, it was noted to be in a dilapidated condition.
Local climate
Smith Monument 30 Yards West of Church of St Helen sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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