Pair of Headstones, About 1 Metre North of North Chancel 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. Headstones.
Pair of Headstones, About 1 Metre North of North Chancel of Church of St Nicholas
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- 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
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- TR 287 583
- Coordinates
- 51.27873, 1.27889
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones located about 1 metre north of the north chancel of the Church of St Nicholas. One headstone commemorates Mary Minter, who died in 1765, and stands about 4 feet high. It features inscriptions in three types of script, along with floriated and enriched scrolls, and two winged cherubs. The other headstone is for Henry Bax, who died in 1745, and is approximately 3 feet 6 inches high. It is adorned with floriated scrolls decorated with shells and a cherub.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones, About 1 Metre North of North Chancel 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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