Row of 3 May Headstones Approximately 20 Metres North East of the Chancel 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. Grave markers.
Row of 3 May Headstones Approximately 20 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- carved-marble-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Grave markers
- OS grid reference
- TQ 553 414
- Coordinates
- 51.1514, 0.22043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of three adjacent headstones, located approximately 20 meters northeast of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. These headstones date from the 18th century and commemorate members of the May family. Each headstone is an upright sandstone slab, standing between 400 and 500 millimeters high, with shaped heads. The heads of the two rightmost headstones are adorned with crossed arrows. All three feature fielded panels. The left headstone is inscribed in Roman serif capitals, but the inscription is illegible. The center headstone records the death of Richard May in 1755, while the right headstone notes the death of his wife, Sarah, in 1761.
Local climate
Row of 3 May Headstones Approximately 20 Metres North East of the Chancel 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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