Group of Chest Tomb and 5 Headstones, About 30 Metres North West of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tomb, headstones.
Group of Chest Tomb and 5 Headstones, About 30 Metres North West of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- strange-solder-spindle
- 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
- Tomb, headstones
- OS grid reference
- TR 287 584
- Coordinates
- 51.27881, 1.27819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of a chest tomb and five headstones located about 30 metres northwest of the Church of St Nicholas. The chest tomb, dedicated to John Solly, dates from the mid-18th century and is made of stone. It features a two-stepped base, a moulded plinth, and moulded oval and quatre-lobed side panels with urn-shaped corner pieces.
The five headstones include: - Stephen Solly, who died in 1747, with a scrolled head, shell, winged cherub, and winged side scrolls. - Mary Neame, who died in 1752, with a scrolled head and three winged cherubs. - Anne Neame, who died in 1757, featuring a cherub and a cartouche/garland. - Thomas Neame, who died in 1769, with garlanded sides and palms. - William Bachell, from the early 18th century, with a winged death's head.
Local climate
Group of Chest Tomb and 5 Headstones, About 30 Metres North West of Church of St Nicholas sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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