Monument to Members of the Joy Family About 11 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. Monument.
Monument to Members of the Joy Family About 11 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1987
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to Members of the Joy Family About 11 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter, ME17 4BU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 771 498
- Coordinates
- 51.22045, 0.53496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to members of the Joy family is a chest tomb located about 11 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St. Peter in Boughton Monchelsea. This mid-19th century structure is made of stone and rests on a moulded plinth. It features a moulded cornice and un-gadrooned side pilasters, with plain inscription panels. The tomb is set on a tooled stone base and is surrounded by spear-head railings that have fluted newels. The inscription on the south side commemorates Thomas Joy, who died in 1851.
Local climate
Monument to Members of the Joy Family About 11 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Peter 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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