Monument to Abraham Christian About 5 Metres East of Chancel 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 Abraham Christian About 5 Metres East of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- gentle-floor-meadow
- 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 116 449
- Coordinates
- 51.1645, 1.02619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located about 5 metres east of the chancel in Elmstead. It dates from the mid-18th century and features an undulating shouldered head. The stone is carved with two skulls, two hourglasses, and crossed bones. It is inscribed to Abraham Christian, who died in 1734.
Local climate
Monument to Abraham Christian About 5 Metres East of Chancel receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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