Group of 3 Headstones About 12 Metres North West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1987. Headstone.
Group of 3 Headstones About 12 Metres North West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- rusted-tin-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TR 350 502
- Coordinates
- 51.20279, 1.36291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of three headstones located about 12 metres northwest of the Church of St Mary. The first headstone is for Richard Mockett, who died in 1760. It stands about 3 feet high and features scrolled shoulders with two winged cherub heads. The second headstone commemorates Mary Chaplin, dating from the mid-18th century. It is approximately 4 feet high and has scrolled shoulders, rocaille decoration, and two cherub heads, with an inscription that honors the faithful service of Bethia Palmer of Wickhambreux. The third headstone is for John Apsley and Ann Apsley, both of whom died in October 1760. This headstone is also about 4 feet high and is distinguished by a finely carved wreathed coat of arms.
Local climate
Group of 3 Headstones About 12 Metres North West of Church of St Mary 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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