Pair of Headstones About 10 to 12 Metres West of Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Headstone.
Pair of Headstones About 10 to 12 Metres West of Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- last-tallow-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 755 294
- Coordinates
- 51.03762, 0.50277
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of headstones located about 10 to 12 metres west of the Church of St Laurence. The first headstone commemorates John Gurr, who died in 1745. It is made of stone and stands about 3 feet high. It features a raised and fielded inscription panel with a raised segmental head, enriched scrolled shoulders, and a segmental cornice. The head of this stone has a crudely executed design of recumbent putti.
The second headstone is for James, who died in 1766, and is approximately 2½ feet high. It has a simple inscription panel and pedestal shoulders adorned with flaming torches, along with a scrolled cornice. The head of this stone features a cherub's head, an all-seeing eye, a cloudburst, an opening coffin, and a snake biting its tail.
Local climate
Pair of Headstones About 10 to 12 Metres West of Church of St Laurence receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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