Pair of Cheesman headstones approximately 2.5 metres north of the organ loft 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. Headstones.
Pair of Cheesman headstones approximately 2.5 metres north of the organ loft of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- wild-terrace-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Headstones
- Address
- Pair of Cheesman headstones approximately 2.5 metres north of the organ loft of the Church of St Mary, TN11 0DB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 634 497
- Coordinates
- 51.22329, 0.33957
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of adjacent Cheesman headstones located about 2.5 metres north of the organ loft of the Church of St Mary. They are dated 1751 and 1759 and commemorate members of the Cheesman family. Made of sandstone, both headstones are upright slabs with curvilinear-shaped double heads, featuring inscriptions in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The left headstone is approximately 500 millimetres high and has a recessed front panel. Its heads are crudely carved, with a skull and crossbones on the left and crossbones only on the right. The left headstone marks the death of 4-year-old Henry Cheesman in 1751. The right headstone stands about 1.1 metres high and has a flat face; it records the deaths of Thomas Cheesman in 1759 and his wife Elia in 1774.
Local climate
Pair of Cheesman headstones approximately 2.5 metres north of the organ loft 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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