Blake Headstone 4 Metres North East of the Organ Loft 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. Headstone.
Blake Headstone 4 Metres North East of the Organ Loft of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- gentle-ashlar-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 553 414
- Coordinates
- 51.15125, 0.22004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blake headstone, dated 1774, is located 4 metres northeast of the organ loft of the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Speldhurst. This headstone is an upright sandstone slab that stands approximately 600mm high and features a simple shaped head. The first word of the inscription is presented in Gothic lettering and is surrounded by scrolls, while the remainder of the inscription uses Roman serif upper and lower case lettering to commemorate the death of Edmund Blake in 1774.
Local climate
Blake Headstone 4 Metres North East of the Organ Loft 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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- Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Revettment Wall on North East and South East Sides of the Churchyard
- Old Post Office Cottage
- Walls, Gate Piers and Gates at the Entrance to the Manor
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- Lychgate to Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin