Wilshin Memorial Immediately South of the Vestry of the Chapel of Ease of St Luke is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Monument.
Wilshin Memorial Immediately South of the Vestry of the Chapel of Ease of St Luke
- WRENN ID
- veiled-corbel-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Wilshin Memorial Immediately South of the Vestry of the Chapel of Ease of St Luke, Maidstone Road, Brenchley and Matfield
- OS grid reference
- TQ 653 408
- Coordinates
- 51.14288, 0.36291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilshin Memorial, located immediately south of the vestry of the Chapel of Ease of St Luke, is an obelisk dating from around 1891. It is made of pink polished granite and stands tall on a three-tier base. The memorial is surrounded by iron railings featuring a barleysugar rail supported by barleysugar standards, which are topped with fleur-de-lys finials. The inscription on the memorial commemorates Daniel Wilshin, who died in 1891.
Local climate
Wilshin Memorial Immediately South of the Vestry of the Chapel of Ease of St Luke receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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