Illegible Headstone Approximately 1 Metre South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstone.
Illegible Headstone Approximately 1 Metre South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- hidden-jamb-burdock
- 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 626 429
- Coordinates
- 51.16289, 0.32437
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an illegible headstone located approximately 1 metre south of the chancel of the Old Church of St Peter. It dates from 1769 and is made of upright sandstone, standing about 1 metre high. The headstone features a shaped double head, with the right half carved with a crown in a sunburst and the left half carved with an hourglass. The first line of the inscription is in italics, while the rest uses Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The inscription is largely illegible except in perfect lighting conditions, although the date 1769 can be discerned.
Local climate
Illegible Headstone Approximately 1 Metre South of the Chancel of the Old Church of St Peter receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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