Monument About 5 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1987. Monument.
Monument About 5 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-keep-crow
- 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 724 497
- Coordinates
- 51.22097, 0.46741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century chest tomb located about 5 metres west of the tower of the Church of St. Mary in Hunton. It is made of stone and rests on a rectangular stone base. The tomb features a hollow-chamfered plinth, a corniced lid, and moulded side panels. The inscription on the tomb is largely illegible as of the last survey.
Local climate
Monument About 5 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Mary 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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