Row of 6 Woodhams Headstones Approximately 6 Metres South of the Nave of the Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstone.
Row of 6 Woodhams Headstones Approximately 6 Metres South of the Nave of the Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- high-string-tide
- 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 511 390
- Coordinates
- 51.13056, 0.15908
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The row of six Woodhams headstones is located approximately 6 meters south of the nave of the Church of St Martin. These headstones date from the mid-18th century and commemorate members of the Woodhams family. They are upright sandstone slabs, standing between 450mm and 750mm high. Most of the headstones feature simple shaped heads carved with a winged cherub's head and inscriptions in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, sometimes including italics. The third headstone from the left, in memory of John Woodhams (date buried), is the simplest, lacking any carving and featuring only capital letters in its inscription. The most elaborate headstone is on the left end, commemorating Sarah Woodhams (died 1760), which includes a cherub's head surrounded by carved flowers and fruit, with the inscription beginning in Gothic lettering. The rightmost headstone, in memory of Ann Woodhams (died 1741), has a framed inscription.
Local climate
Row of 6 Woodhams Headstones Approximately 6 Metres South of the Nave of the Church of St Martin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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