Downman Monument approximately 15 metres south of Honywood Monument, Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1993. Chest tomb.
Downman Monument approximately 15 metres south of Honywood Monument, Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- salt-solder-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1993
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Downman Monument approximately 15 metres south of Honywood Monument, Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, ME19 6NE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 678 574
- Coordinates
- 51.29175, 0.40614
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Downman Monument, located approximately 15 metres south of the Honywood Monument at the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, is an early 19th-century chest tomb. It features a stone base with a moulded stone plinth. The square chest is adorned with a sunray design at the corners, reeded bands with paterae, and a moulded cornice. The tomb is topped with a pyramidal roof that includes antefiscae.
Local climate
Downman Monument approximately 15 metres south of Honywood Monument, Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 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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