Headstone About 10 Metres South of Chancel Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1988. Headstone.
Headstone About 10 Metres South of Chancel Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- night-cinder-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TR 000 346
- Coordinates
- 51.07665, 0.85401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located about 10 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in Orlestone. It dates from around 1745 and stands approximately 2½ feet high. The headstone features doubled Rocaille heads that are scrolled, along with motifs of an hourglass and a winged cherub.
Local climate
Headstone About 10 Metres South of Chancel Church of St Mary 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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