Monument to George Powelle and Others, Circa 5 Yards North of North Porch of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1984. Monument.
Monument to George Powelle and Others, Circa 5 Yards North of North Porch of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- winter-chimney-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 899 521
- Coordinates
- 51.23687, 0.71917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a monument located approximately 5 yards north of the north porch of the Church of St. Mary. It dates from the late 18th century and is made of stone. The monument features a rectangular plinth with a moulded base and a corniced top, along with recessed corners that contain fluted Corinthian quarter columns. At the top, there is an urn resting on a stone base. The monument was formerly enclosed by a railing. The inscription on the west side is largely illegible, but it is dated around 1777 and attributed to J. Newman. The east side commemorates George Powelle, who died in 1853.
Local climate
Monument to George Powelle and Others, Circa 5 Yards North of North Porch of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% 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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