Tomb Chest to Captain John Curling and Group of 6 Headstones About 15-20 Metres East of Mausoleum is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. A Georgian Tomb chest.
Tomb Chest to Captain John Curling and Group of 6 Headstones About 15-20 Metres East of Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- mired-ember-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb chest
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Tomb Chest to Captain John Curling and Group of 6 Headstones About 15-20 Metres East of Mausoleum, High Street, Ramsgate
- OS grid reference
- TR 369 653
- Coordinates
- 51.33797, 1.40068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb chest to Captain John Curling, who died in 1779, is located about 15-20 metres east of the mausoleum in Ramsgate. It is made of grey marble and white stone, featuring a weathered base with heavy corner piers and a square shape with nailhead enriched edges. The top slab is moulded and inscribed, with a south-facing panel that reads: "Tomb of John Curling" along with a coat of arms, noting his birth in 1710 and death in 1779.
Nearby, about 10 metres northwest, are headstones for Daniel, John, George, and Joseph, the sons of Daniel and Ann Wood, who died before 1772. These headstones are about 2 feet high with a scalloped Rocaille head. Adjacent to the north is a headstone for Daniel and Ann Wood, dating from around 1784, which stands about 3½ feet high and features a scrolled Rocaille head with a cherub. This headstone has been reversed, with the "front" face now inscribed to the Hinds family.
Also present is a headstone for William Fox, who died in 1779, measuring about 3 feet high, with festooned sides to the inscription panel and a scrolled cornice adorned with Rocaille shoulders and a gadrooned urn with palm fronds. Another headstone commemorates Henry White, who died in 1775, standing about 3 feet high, featuring a scrolled cornice, scalloped shoulders, a shell keystone, and a winged cherub head in a sunburst design. There is also a headstone for James Bullock, who died in 1770, about 2 feet high with a Rocaille scrolled head and palm fronds. Finally, about 5 metres east-south-east of the Curling tomb is a headstone with an illegible name, dating from 1804, which is about 3 feet high and has a segmental head depicting military trophies.
Local climate
Tomb Chest to Captain John Curling and Group of 6 Headstones About 15-20 Metres East of Mausoleum 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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