Headstone 20 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1986. Headstone.
Headstone 20 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- spare-belfry-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1986
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 965 565
- Coordinates
- 51.27408, 0.81625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone from the 18th century, located 20 metres south of the south chapel of the Church of St. Mary. It is made of stone and commemorates Sarah, the wife of Christopher Giles, who died in 1756. The headstone stands four feet high and features a carving of a winged cherub holding trumpets, surrounded by floral decorations.
Local climate
Headstone 20 Metres South of South Chapel of Church of St Mary 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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