Monument to John Richard Songen Circa 1 Yard South of Obelisk Monuments to Dunning Family in Churchyard 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 John Richard Songen Circa 1 Yard South of Obelisk Monuments to Dunning Family in Churchyard of Church of St Mary and All Saints
- WRENN ID
- crooked-rotunda-hawk
- 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
- 51.30176, 0.54512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This monument is dedicated to John Richard Songen and is located approximately 1 yard south of the obelisk monuments to the Dunning family in the churchyard of the Church of St Mary and All Saints. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of stone on a stone base, which was formerly enclosed by railings. The monument features a small square pillar set on a moulded plinth with a corniced top. Atop the pillar is a simple urn with a concave lid that has a fluted edge and rises to a small ring topped with a ball. The south side of the monument bears an inscription commemorating John Richard Songen, who died in 1829, although the rest of the inscription is illegible as of the last survey.
Local climate
Monument to John Richard Songen Circa 1 Yard South of Obelisk Monuments to Dunning Family in Churchyard 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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