Headstone to Mary and John Clayson, About 5 Metres North of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1987. Monument.
Headstone to Mary and John Clayson, About 5 Metres North of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- swift-entrance-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TR 359 483
- Coordinates
- 51.18542, 1.37545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dedicated to Mary Clayson, who died in 1746, and John Clayson, a fisherman who died in 1761. It is located about 5 metres north of the Church of St. Nicholas. The headstone stands approximately 3½ feet high and features rocaille decoration at the top, along with a relief depicting a fishing smack.
Local climate
Headstone to Mary and John Clayson, About 5 Metres North of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% 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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