Group of 6 Headstones About 5-10 Metres West of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 December 1986. Headstones.
Group of 6 Headstones About 5-10 Metres West of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- high-pavement-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1986
- Type
- Headstones
- Address
- Group of 6 Headstones About 5-10 Metres West of Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Hill, Eythorne
- OS grid reference
- TR 279 497
- Coordinates
- 51.2011, 1.26149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of six headstones located about 5 to 10 metres west of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. The headstones date from the 18th century.
One of the headstones belongs to Mary Willmot and features a crudely carved double head showing a skull and crossbones and an hourglass on wings. It stands about 3 feet high. Approximately half a metre to the west is a blank stone with only the head remaining, which displays a winged hourglass on laurel branches and has a shaped head.
Another headstone is for Thomas Smith, who died in 1740. It is about 3 feet high and has a shaped head featuring a skull and crossbones along with a pick and shovel, with the inscription presented on a shield.
The headstone for Elizabeth Hammond, who died in 1758, is also about 3 feet high and has a shaped and scrolled head adorned with palm fronds.
Ann Hudson's headstone, dated 1743, is about 2 feet high and features a shaped segmental head with palm fronds and an orb.
Finally, the headstone for Valentine Stuppell, who died in 1774, stands about 3 feet high and has a rocaille head with a winged cherub.
Local climate
Group of 6 Headstones About 5-10 Metres West of Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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