Headstone to Edmund Gibbs, About 1 Metre South of Nave of Elmstone Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Headstone.
Headstone to Edmund Gibbs, About 1 Metre South of Nave of Elmstone Church
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-loggia-crimson
- 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 261 602
- Coordinates
- 51.2967, 1.24244
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dedicated to Edmund Gibbs, who died in 1762, and his wife, who died in 1757. It is located about 1 metre south of the nave of Elmstone Church. The headstone is made of stone and stands approximately 4 feet tall. It features a scrolled double head that is richly decorated, including two cherubs and the Gibbs coat of arms placed between them.
Local climate
Headstone to Edmund Gibbs, About 1 Metre South of Nave of Elmstone Church 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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