Row of Headstones Approximately 12 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstone.
Row of Headstones Approximately 12 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- sheer-forge-thyme
- 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 553 413
- Coordinates
- 51.15078, 0.21954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of headstones located approximately 12 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. Likely reset along the western edge of the churchyard, these headstones date from the 18th century. They are all upright sandstone slabs with shaped heads, and some feature carvings or inscriptions. Most of the headstones have fielded panels inscribed with Roman serif lettering in both upper and lower case.
Local climate
Row of Headstones Approximately 12 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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