Group of 3 Headstones About 1 to 5 Metres South of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Headstones.
Group of 3 Headstones About 1 to 5 Metres South of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- bitter-iron-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- TR 225 465
- Coordinates
- 51.17477, 1.18201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This group of three headstones is located about 1 to 5 metres south of the Church of St. Martin. The first headstone commemorates Richard Spain, who died in 1726. It stands approximately 3½ feet high and features a scrolled head adorned with motifs of crossed scythe and spade, along with crossed bones and a central skull. The second headstone is for Elizabeth Spain, dating from the early 18th century. It is about 2 feet high and has an inscription on a fielded panel, topped with a scrolled pediment that includes a skull, crossed bones, and crossed scythe and spade. Notably, the name of her father has been neatly chiselled out of the inscription. The third headstone marks the grave of John Spain, who died in 1777. It also stands about 3½ feet high and features a scrolled head with two winged cherubs' heads.
Local climate
Group of 3 Headstones About 1 to 5 Metres South of Church of St Martin receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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