Monument About 2 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1987. Monument.
Monument About 2 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- tenth-stone-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 754 501
- Coordinates
- 51.22358, 0.51153
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century table tomb located about 2 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St. Nicholas. It is made of stone and sits on a rectangular stone base, featuring a moulded plinth and a corniced lid. The tomb has recessed inscription panels and festooned side panels. It was formerly enclosed by a railing. The date of death inscribed on the south side is 1765, although the inscription was barely legible at the time of the last survey.
Local climate
Monument About 2 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas 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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