Monument to John Hughes, 10 Metres South East of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1986. Monument.
Monument to John Hughes, 10 Metres South East of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- high-casement-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 991 556
- Coordinates
- 51.26511, 0.85354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to John Hughes, who died in 1776, is located 10 metres southeast of the Church of St. Michael in Throwley. It features a stone structure set on a red brick base. The monument has a two-tier rendered base and a square shape with panelled sides, topped with a cornice leading to a knopped head.
Local climate
Monument to John Hughes, 10 Metres South East of Church of St Michael sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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