Monument to William Hardyman in Churchyard of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to East of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1982. Monument.
Monument to William Hardyman in Churchyard of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to East of Church
- WRENN ID
- blind-niche-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sevenoaks
- Constituency
- Sevenoaks MP: Laura Trott (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1982
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Monument to William Hardyman in Churchyard of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to East of Church, High Street, Farningham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 547 668
- Coordinates
- 51.37994, 0.22219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Hardyman, located in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul to the east of the church, dates from around 1761. It features a stone casket set on a plinth of two steps. Each side of the casket displays an oval with the names of the deceased, flanked by wheat ear drops and paterae. Atop this is a smaller draped casket that is crowned with an urn.
Local climate
Monument to William Hardyman in Churchyard of Saint Peter and Saint Paul to East of Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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