Monument to John Kemp, 1 Metre 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 Kemp, 1 Metre South East of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- sacred-pillar-flax
- 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, 0.85329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a monument to John Kemp, who died in 1792, located 1 metre southeast of the Church of St. Michael in Throwley. The monument is made of stone and features a square pedestal topped with an urn on a coved cap. There are inscriptions on the panels that commemorate other members of the Kemp family.
Local climate
Monument to John Kemp, 1 Metre 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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