Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1976. Churchyard.
Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- tilted-loggia-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 June 1976
- Type
- Churchyard
- OS grid reference
- TR 010 427
- Coordinates
- 51.14837, 0.87294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin contains several 18th-century table tombs and headstones. These headstones feature motifs such as cherubs, skulls, hour-glasses, and books of judgment. Additionally, there are oval bodystones and early 19th-century headstones adorned with shell and scroll designs. All these items in the churchyard form a group with the nearby properties numbered 51 to 61 (odd), 61A, 63 to 67 (odd), 67A, 69 to 71 (odd), 75, and the rear part of No 75 High Street.
Local climate
Churchyard of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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Nearby listed buildings
- The Clergy House
- 7, THE CHURCHYARD (See details for further address information)
- Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- The College
- The Railings of the Churchyard of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Wall to South West of the College
- 14, The Churchyard
- 16, THE CHURCHYARD (See details for further address information)
- 15, The Churchyard
- 57, HIGH STREET (See details for further address information)