Spong tomb monument approximately 14 metres south of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Tomb monument.
Spong tomb monument approximately 14 metres south of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- tattered-pillar-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford MP: Tristan Osborne (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Tomb monument
- Address
- Spong tomb monument approximately 14 metres south of Church of St Peter and St Paul, ME20 7BB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 729 590
- Coordinates
- 51.30397, 0.4796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spong tomb monument, located approximately 14 metres south of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, dates from 1815. It is made of stone and features a wide plinth leading to a pedestal, which has a moulded foot and cornice. Atop the pedestal sits a large coade stone urn, inscribed with the names John and Rosamund Spong. The monument is surrounded by a wrought-iron railing that includes urns on standards. Notably, John Spong was the inspiration for the character Mr. Wardle in Charles Dickens' "The Pickwick Papers."
Local climate
Spong tomb monument approximately 14 metres south of Church of St Peter and St Paul sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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