Group of 7 Headstones About 50 Metres North East of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Headstone group.

Group of 7 Headstones About 50 Metres North East of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin

WRENN ID
errant-copper-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1989
Type
Headstone group
OS grid reference
TR 054 469
Coordinates
51.18454, 0.93863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a group of seven headstones located about 50 metres northeast of the Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin. The headstones include the following:

Cosman Ertz Berger, who died in 1744, has a headstone about 3½ feet high featuring scrolled shoulders at the cornice, wreathed skulls, trumpets, and a central cartouche. Ertz Berger was originally from Basel, Switzerland, became a member of the household of the Earls of Winchelsea, and lived in Wye for 65 years before dying at the age of 89.

Thomas Franklin, a glazier and plumber from the town, died in 1761. His headstone is about 2 feet high and features an incised round arched panel, scrolled shoulders leading to a double domed head with a central baluster support, a skull and trumpet on the left, and a winged hourglass on the right.

Barbara Franklin, who died in 1758, has a headstone identical to Thomas Franklin's, as does an adjacent headstone to the south, though its inscription is illegible.

James Phillpott, who died in 1755, has a headstone about 2 feet high adorned with a cherub head and florid Rocaille decoration, including scallop shells.

Catherine Phillpott, who died in 1744, has a headstone about 2 feet high featuring crude scrolled shoulders and a skull and trumpet motif, along with a round-headed plaque.

Reverend John Bateman, who died in 1749, has a headstone about 2½ feet high, which displays a single skull with palm fronds emerging from scrolled shoulders.

Local climate

Group of 7 Headstones About 50 Metres North East of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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