5 Headstones About 15 Metres South East of West Tower of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1986. Headstones.
5 Headstones About 15 Metres South East of West Tower of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- idle-rampart-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1986
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- TR 064 606
- Coordinates
- 51.30761, 0.9611
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are five headstones located about 15 metres southeast of the west tower of St. Michael's Church. They date from the 18th century and form a group of five. Four of the headstones belong to members of the Baker family, each featuring motifs of cherub heads and scrolled surrounds. The fifth headstone is dedicated to Andrew Snouten, who died in 1753, and it includes a carving of a death's head.
Local climate
5 Headstones About 15 Metres South East of West Tower of St Michael 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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