Pair of Wells headstones approximately 2 metres north east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. Headstone.
Pair of Wells headstones approximately 2 metres north east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- second-nave-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Pair of Wells headstones approximately 2 metres north east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary, TN11 0DB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 634 497
- Coordinates
- 51.22323, 0.33974
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones located approximately 2 metres northeast of the vestry of the Church of St Mary in Hadlow. They are dated 1726 and 1739 and commemorate members of the Wells family. Made of sandstone, both headstones stand about 500mm high and feature curvilinear shaped heads with large Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The right headstone has a flat face and is crudely carved with a skull and crossbones; it records the death of Richard Wells in 1726. The left headstone has a double head and a recessed front panel, with the inscription divided into two columns: one for John Wells, who died in 1739, and the other for his wife Ann, whose date of death is illegible.
Local climate
Pair of Wells headstones approximately 2 metres north east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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