Two Headstones About 3 Metres East 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. Headstone.

Two Headstones About 3 Metres East of Church of St Peter and St Paul

WRENN ID
other-shingle-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dover
Constituency
Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 December 1986
Type
Headstone
OS grid reference
TR 279 497
Coordinates
51.20101, 1.26191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two headstones are located about 3 metres east of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul. Both headstones commemorate John, who died in 1726, and Mary Birch, who died in 1730. The larger headstone, which may have been reset, stands approximately 3½ feet high and features a double head carved with two skulls and crossed bones, along with a head depicting burial instruments. The reverse side is also carved, showcasing an inscribed raised and fielded panel with an arched head and a death's head key. The second stone, likely originally the foot stone, is about 3 feet high and has an unusually shaped head with two skulls and burial instruments. It includes a poetic inscription on an incised shield surrounded by a beaded and boned border.

Local climate

Two Headstones About 3 Metres East 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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