Pair of headstones 1 and 2 metres south 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. Headstone.

Pair of headstones 1 and 2 metres south of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
far-banister-bramble
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
Headstone
OS grid reference
TR 242 574
Coordinates
51.27221, 1.21317
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A pair of headstones located 1 and 2 metres south of the Church of St Mary in Wingham. One headstone commemorates Thomas Winter, who died in 1741, and stands about 3 feet high with an enriched double-headed top. The other headstone is for Edward Baker, who died in 1761, and features a scrolled double head adorned with cherubs, death's heads, and burial tools, measuring about 2 feet high.

Local climate

Pair of headstones 1 and 2 metres south 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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