Monument to Caroline Cornwallis About 40 Metres South 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 to Caroline Cornwallis About 40 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-tracery-dawn
- 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
- 51.22319, 0.51152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a monument to Caroline Cornwallis, located about 40 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Nicholas. It was built in the early to mid-19th century and is made of stone. The monument features a square plinth with a moulded base and cornice, topped by a gadrooned urn. The inscription commemorates Caroline Frances Cornwallis, who died in 1838.
Local climate
Monument to Caroline Cornwallis About 40 Metres South 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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