Beeke headstone approximately 17 metres south of the nave 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.
Beeke headstone approximately 17 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- quartered-hammer-wren
- 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
- Beeke headstone approximately 17 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Mary, TN11 0DB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 634 496
- Coordinates
- 51.22296, 0.33927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beeke headstone, located approximately 17 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade II listed headstone dated 1702, commemorating Richard Beeke. It is made of sandstone and stands upright at about 750mm high, featuring a curvilinear-shaped head with a small inscribed motif. The inscription is in neat Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the deaths of Richard Beeke in 1702 and his wife Margaret in 1714.
Local climate
Beeke headstone approximately 17 metres south of the nave 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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