Mounting Block About 16 Metres South South West of the Old Parsonage is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1967. Mounting block.
Mounting Block About 16 Metres South South West of the Old Parsonage
- WRENN ID
- worn-turret-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1967
- Type
- Mounting block
- Address
- Mounting Block About 16 Metres South South West of the Old Parsonage, ME15 0PF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 713 529
- Coordinates
- 51.2498, 0.45408
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mounting block, located about 16 metres south-south-west of the Old Parsonage, dates back to 1693. It is made from a single block of ragstone and stands approximately 0.30 metres high. The block features three steep, narrow steps that rise from north to south, running parallel to the road. The date "1693" is inscribed near the top of the road-facing side.
Local climate
Mounting Block About 16 Metres South South West of the Old Parsonage 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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