Mounting Block About 6 Metres West of Lychgate is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. Mounting block.
Mounting Block About 6 Metres West of Lychgate
- WRENN ID
- waiting-storey-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1987
- Type
- Mounting block
- OS grid reference
- TQ 770 499
- Coordinates
- 51.22104, 0.53447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mounting block located about 6 metres west of the lychgate in Boughton Monchelsea. It dates from around 1717 and is made of stone, with a stone rubble base. The structure features three broad stone steps that rise from south to north and are set into the bank on the west side. The top stone is dated 1717.
Local climate
Mounting Block About 6 Metres West of Lychgate receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% 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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