Herring memorial about 12 metres north east of the vestry of the Parish Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. Memorial.
Herring memorial about 12 metres north east of the vestry of the Parish Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- gentle-vault-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Memorial
- Address
- Herring memorial about 12 metres north east of the vestry of the Parish Church of St John, TN11 9HR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 565 488
- Coordinates
- 51.21748, 0.23963
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Herring memorial, located about 12 metres northeast of the vestry of the Parish Church of St John, is a memorial cross dating from 1865. It is made of white Italian marble and features a white marble cross on a chamfered plinth with a plain rectangular base. The memorial commemorates John Herring of Meopham Bank, who died in 1864, along with his wives and son. John Herring was a 19th-century genre painter who resided at Meopham Bank from 1853 to 1865.
Local climate
Herring memorial about 12 metres north east of the vestry of the Parish Church of St John receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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