Stone Marking the Site of St Mary's Church the Polton Stone is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. Stone marker.
Stone Marking the Site of St Mary's Church the Polton Stone
- WRENN ID
- sunken-stronghold-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- Stone marker
- Address
- Stone Marking the Site of St Mary's Church the Polton Stone, Hougham Without
- OS grid reference
- TR 270 412
- Coordinates
- 51.12559, 1.24337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Polton Stone is a stone marking the site of St. Mary's Church in Polton, dating from the 18th century. It stands about 2 feet high and has a rounded head. The stone features a simple inscription that reads: "Here did Stand the Parish Church of Polton IX," which is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The last two lines of the inscription are now illegible, but they have been recorded elsewhere as referring to the church as part of Chenth in the Hundred of Bewsborough. The church continued to receive bequests in 1533 and had a curacy in 1563.
Local climate
Stone Marking the Site of St Mary's Church the Polton Stone 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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