Monument to William Spencer Approximately 8 Metres South of East Corner of South Chapel at St George's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1993. Chest tomb.
Monument to William Spencer Approximately 8 Metres South of East Corner of South Chapel at St George's Church
- WRENN ID
- fading-copper-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1993
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 808 326
- Coordinates
- 51.06449, 0.57901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to William Spencer is located approximately 8 metres south of the east corner of the south chapel at St George's Church in Benenden. This Grade II listed chest tomb dates from around 1632 and features a rectangular stone design with a moulded cornice, although the base was buried at the time of the survey. The faces of the tomb are roll moulded, and there is an inscription on the north side.
Local climate
Monument to William Spencer Approximately 8 Metres South of East Corner of South Chapel at St George's Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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