Row of Fry Headstones Approximately 4 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstones.
Row of Fry Headstones Approximately 4 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- brooding-shingle-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Headstones
- OS grid reference
- TQ 553 414
- Coordinates
- 51.15117, 0.22016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of six headstones located approximately 4 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Speldhurst. These headstones date from the 18th century and commemorate various members of the Fry family. They are made of upright sandstone slabs, ranging in height from 200 to 750 millimeters. Each headstone features a shaped top; two are carved with winged cherub heads (one with a pair), while four display crossed arrows and one has crossbones. Most of the headstones have fielded panels, and they are inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. However, many of the names are difficult to read, and the dates are obscured.
Local climate
Row of Fry Headstones Approximately 4 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin 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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