Mounting Block About 20 Metres North of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1989. Mounting block.
Mounting Block About 20 Metres North of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- buried-gravel-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1989
- Type
- Mounting block
- OS grid reference
- TQ 703 381
- Coordinates
- 51.11716, 0.43323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The mounting block, located about 20 metres north of the Church of St. Margaret, dates from the 17th century. It is constructed of red brick in English bond and features sandstone slab treads along with a mounting stone. The structure includes a simple flight of four steps leading to the top slab, which stands approximately 3 feet high.
Local climate
Mounting Block About 20 Metres North of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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