Group of 5 Headstones 1 to 5 Metres North of South Porch of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. A C18 Grave markers.
Group of 5 Headstones 1 to 5 Metres North of South Porch of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- lunar-mantel-willow
- 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
- Grave markers
- OS grid reference
- TR 269 566
- Coordinates
- 51.26365, 1.25147
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of five headstones located 1 to 5 metres north of the south porch of the Church of St. James, dedicated to the Dale family. The first headstone commemorates Edward Dale, a yeoman who died in 1753. It stands about 4 feet high and features a winged cherub head with a trumpet, along with crossed bones and an acanthus-wreathed moulded head. The second headstone belongs to John Dale from the early 18th century, though the inscription is damaged. It displays a crude death's head on bat-like wings with a crossed-bone background. The third headstone is for John Dale from the mid-18th century, approximately 3 feet high, featuring a triple head and two skulls with crossed bones. The fourth headstone is for Judith Dale, who died in 1738, standing about 3 feet high with crude double skulls and crossed bones. Lastly, the fifth headstone commemorates John Dale, who died in 1728, about 2 feet high, with a double head and two skulls that are distorted to appear as if they have ears, along with crossed bones.
Local climate
Group of 5 Headstones 1 to 5 Metres North of South Porch of Church of St James 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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