Table Tomb of Duckelbery Family Immediately South of Vestry of Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1984. Monument.
Table Tomb of Duckelbery Family Immediately South of Vestry of Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
- south-buttress-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Table Tomb of Duckelbery Family Immediately South of Vestry of Church of the Holy Cross, Church Lane, Bearsted
- OS grid reference
- TQ 801 554
- Coordinates
- 51.2701, 0.58056
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The table tomb of the Duckelbery family is located immediately south of the vestry of the Church of the Holy Cross in Bearsted. It dates from the mid-18th century and features a stone chest that sits on two stone steps, which in turn rest on a brick base. The chest has a moulded base and a corniced lid. The inscriptions on each side are largely illegible, but the date on the north side appears to be 174?. The east side is inscribed to Mary, daughter of John and Mary Duckelbery, who died in 1751?.
Local climate
Table Tomb of Duckelbery Family Immediately South of Vestry of Church of the Holy Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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