Tombs of Adam and Richard Ruck, 5 Yards South East of Porch of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Tomb.
Tombs of Adam and Richard Ruck, 5 Yards South East of Porch of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- sunken-tallow-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 839 642
- Coordinates
- 51.34776, 0.63974
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombs of Adam and Richard Ruck are located 5 yards southeast of the porch of the Church of St. Michael in Hartlip. These two identical chest tombs date from 1816 and are made of stone with iron railings. Each tomb features a base, plinth, and chests adorned with inverted torches in raised and moulded corner panels, along with engraved side panels. One tomb is dedicated to Adam Ruck, who died in 1749, and his widow, who died in 1770, while the other is for Richard Ruck, who died in 1816. Both tombs rest on a single stone base and are surrounded by spear-head railings that stand 5 feet high, with urn principals.
Local climate
Tombs of Adam and Richard Ruck, 5 Yards South East of Porch of Church of St Michael 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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