Group of 4 Headstones About 10-15 Metres South West of Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. Headstone group.

Group of 4 Headstones About 10-15 Metres South West of Church of St Laurence

WRENN ID
tenth-jamb-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thanet
Constituency
East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1988
Type
Headstone group
Address
Group of 4 Headstones About 10-15 Metres South West of Church of St Laurence, High Street, Ramsgate
OS grid reference
TR 370 653
Coordinates
51.33741, 1.40142
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a group of four headstones located about 10 to 15 metres southwest of the Church of St Laurence in Ramsgate. The headstones date from the mid-18th century and include the following:

  1. Thomas Mantle's headstone, which is approximately 2 and a half feet high and features scrolled shoulders leading to a scrolled egg and tongue cornice, with the inscription panel raised up to the cornice.
  2. Edward Smith's headstone, dated 1729, stands about 2 feet high and has a shaped head adorned with a garlanded anchor.
  3. Sarah Kenneard's headstone, dated 1739, is also about 2 and a half feet high and displays four skulls in a shaped outline at the head.
  4. Richard Maye's headstone, dated 1705, is around 2 feet high and features a scrolled outline head with a winged hourglass motif.

Local climate

Group of 4 Headstones About 10-15 Metres South West of Church of St Laurence 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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