Monument to Elgar Toomer and Rowson Families is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Monument.
Monument to Elgar Toomer and Rowson Families
- WRENN ID
- tangled-pavement-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Elgar Toomer and Rowson Families, High Street, Wingham
- OS grid reference
- TR 243 577
- Coordinates
- 51.27456, 1.21454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-19th century monument dedicated to Ann Elgar Toomer, who died in 1828, as well as the Toomer and Rowson families. It features a square moulded plinth set on two steps, topped with an elliptical vase that is decorated with a Greek key motif. The monument is linked to the nearby Baptist chapel, which was built in 1835, and commemorates notable individuals from Wingham.
Local climate
Monument to Elgar Toomer and Rowson Families 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 greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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