Monument to Samuel Sankey About 1 Metre South of South West Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 May 1986. Monument.
Monument to Samuel Sankey About 1 Metre South of South West Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- seventh-niche-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 May 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TR 124 418
- Coordinates
- 51.13639, 1.0357
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dedicated to Samuel Sankey, located about 1 metre south of the south-west corner of the nave of the Church of St Mary. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of stone. The headstone features a shaped double head that is intricately carved with two skulls, hourglasses, and crossed bones. It commemorates Samuel Sankey, who died in 1741.
Local climate
Monument to Samuel Sankey About 1 Metre South of South West Corner of Nave of Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% 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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