Monument to Members of the Dunning Family Circa 4 1/2 Yards South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary and All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1984. Monument.
Monument to Members of the Dunning Family Circa 4 1/2 Yards South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary and All Saints
- WRENN ID
- distant-zinc-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 775 589
- Coordinates
- 51.30177, 0.54514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a monument to members of the Dunning family, located approximately 4½ yards southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Mary and All Saints. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of stone. The monument is designed as an obelisk, featuring an incised band halfway up and a shield with a wreath in a recessed circle on the north and west sides. The obelisk is set on a rectangular cushioned base with acroteria at the corners and a moulded stone plinth. The entire structure is elevated on three steps. The south side of the monument is dedicated to the memory of William Alexander Dunning of Maidstone, who died in 1831.
Local climate
Monument to Members of the Dunning Family Circa 4 1/2 Yards South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary and All Saints sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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