Monument to Thomas Watkins About 2.5 Metres North of East End of North Aisle 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 Thomas Watkins About 2.5 Metres North of East End of North Aisle of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- brooding-column-torch
- 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
- 51.22363, 0.51133
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Thomas Watkins is a table tomb located about 2.5 metres north of the east end of the north aisle of the Church of St. Nicholas. It dates from the early to mid-18th century and is made of stone, resting on a rectangular stone base. The tomb features a moulded plinth and a corniced lid, with roll-moulded corners. There is a fielded inscription panel with concave corners and fielded side panels. The north side of the tomb commemorates Thomas Watkins, who died in 1733 at the age of 64.
Local climate
Monument to Thomas Watkins About 2.5 Metres North of East End of North Aisle 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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