Headstone to John White About 5 Metres South of Church of St Anthony is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Headstone.
Headstone to John White About 5 Metres South of Church of St Anthony
- WRENN ID
- plain-plaster-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TR 255 423
- Coordinates
- 51.13599, 1.22262
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone to John White, who died in 1760, is located about 5 metres south of the Church of St Anthony. It stands approximately 2½ feet high and features scrolled and floriate sides to the cornice. The headstone is decorated with a central figure of John White, flanked by an hourglass. To the left, he is depicted bribing the figure of Life with a bag of gold, while he turns his back to Death, represented by a skeleton on the right.
Local climate
Headstone to John White About 5 Metres South of Church of St Anthony 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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