Headstone to Parkers, 1 Yard East of South Porch of Church of St Marting of Tours is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1984. Headstone.
Headstone to Parkers, 1 Yard East of South Porch of Church of St Marting of Tours
- WRENN ID
- tattered-brass-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1984
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 792 581
- Coordinates
- 51.29428, 0.56884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located one yard east of the south porch of the Church of St. Martin of Tours in Detling. It dates from the mid-18th century and is made of stone. The headstone features a design with two semi-circles; one contains a cherub's head and the other displays a skull and cross-bones. It is inscribed in memory of Elizabeth Parker, who died in 1768.
Local climate
Headstone to Parkers, 1 Yard East of South Porch of Church of St Marting of Tours 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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