Monument to Thomas Comber About 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1987. Headstone.
Monument to Thomas Comber About 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- turning-footing-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1987
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 734 533
- Coordinates
- 51.25263, 0.4839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone commemorating Thomas Comber, a butcher who died in 1706. It is located about 2 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St. Mary in East Farleigh. The monument dates from the early 18th century and is made of stone. It features a shaped and scrolled head, which is intricately carved with a design of crossed pick and spade.
Local climate
Monument to Thomas Comber About 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mary 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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