Monument to Thomas Neve Approximately 15 Metres North of West Tower 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. Monument.
Monument to Thomas Neve Approximately 15 Metres North of West Tower at St George's Church
- WRENN ID
- sheer-turret-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1993
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 808 326
- Coordinates
- 51.06502, 0.57918
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Thomas Neve is located approximately 15 metres north of the west tower at St George's Church in Benenden. This Grade II listed chest tomb dates from around 1807 and features a rectangular stone chest with projecting end pilasters that are partially fluted and partially reeded. The sides and ends of the tomb have carved inscribed panels. Surrounding the tomb is a railed enclosure set on a sandstone plinth, with cast iron railings dating from around 1870. The railings consist of six square principals adorned with Gothic mouldings, crocketed finials, and spear railings topped with foliated finials.
Local climate
Monument to Thomas Neve Approximately 15 Metres North of West Tower 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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