Monument to Richard Saxby of Caring, 2 Yards South East of South Chapel of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1984. A C18 Monument.
Monument to Richard Saxby of Caring, 2 Yards South East of South Chapel of Church of St Nicholas
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 825 533
- Coordinates
- 51.24989, 0.61454
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Richard Saxby, located 2 yards southeast of the south chapel of the Church of St. Nicholas, dates from the late 18th century. It is made of stone and stands on a double-stepped stone base. The monument is rectangular, featuring a moulded plinth and a corniced top, which is topped with a gadrooned and fluted urn that has a large ball as its lid. This monument commemorates Richard Saxby, who died in 1794.
Local climate
Monument to Richard Saxby of Caring, 2 Yards South East of South Chapel of Church of St Nicholas sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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