Row of eight headstones 1 to 15 metres south east of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Headstones.
Row of eight headstones 1 to 15 metres south east of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- pale-wicket-shade
- 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
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- TR 242 574
- Coordinates
- 51.27215, 1.21323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of eight headstones located 1 to 15 metres southeast of the Church of St Mary, dating from the 18th century. The headstones include one for William Byng, who died in 1718, featuring decorations of two skulls and an hourglass. Mildred Byng, the wife of William, has a headstone with similar decorations, though the date is not specified. There is a double headstone for William and Jane Byng, also undated, which includes a skull, bones, and palm fronds. Richard Dowker, who died in 1730, and Ann Matthews, who died in 1721, have identical stones adorned with double skulls. Joseph Greenstreet, who died in 1733, and John Greenstreet, who died in 1719, are set against each other; Joseph's stone features a winged cherub and scrolled head, while John's has a double head. One headstone, located about 15 metres south of the chancel, has its name and date obscured, but it includes a raised and fielded panel with a moulded surround and a skull in a nowy head.
Local climate
Row of eight headstones 1 to 15 metres south east of Church of St Mary 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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