Monument to Sarah Franklyn About 5 Metres West of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Monument.
Monument to Sarah Franklyn About 5 Metres West of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TR 193 422
- Coordinates
- 51.13737, 1.13443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 5 metres west of the Church of St Martin, dating from the late 18th century. It is made of stone and features a plain plinth and lid. The corners have double-quirked beading, and there are beaded vertical borders surrounding the inscription panel. The tomb commemorates Sarah Hardy Franklyn, who died in 1799.
Local climate
Monument to Sarah Franklyn About 5 Metres West of Church of St Martin receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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