Monument to 41 Kentish Martyrs is a Grade II listed building in the Canterbury local planning authority area, England. Monument. 7 related planning applications.
Monument to 41 Kentish Martyrs
- WRENN ID
- worn-vault-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Canterbury
- Constituency
- Canterbury MP: Rosie Duffield (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to 41 Kentish Martyrs, Martyrs Field Road, CT1 3PT
- OS grid reference
- TR 146 571
- Coordinates
- 51.27264, 1.07552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This monument, erected in 1899 through public subscription, commemorates the 41 Kentish Martyrs. It stands on the site of a stake where they were burnt during the reign of Queen Mary (1555-1558). The monument is a stone obelisk topped with a cross.
Local climate
Monument to 41 Kentish Martyrs sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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