Pair of Friend Headstones Approximately 3 Metres South of the Porch 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. Monument.
Pair of Friend Headstones Approximately 3 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- muted-hinge-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 553 414
- Coordinates
- 51.15097, 0.21982
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of adjacent headstones located approximately 3 meters south of the porch of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. Both headstones date from the late 18th century and commemorate members of the Friend family. They are similar upright sandstone slabs, each standing about 500 millimeters high. The shaped heads of the headstones feature crossed arrows above fielded panels, which are inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The left headstone records the death of Winifred Drury, while the right one commemorates the death of Martha Drury. The dates of their deaths are not visible.
Local climate
Pair of Friend Headstones Approximately 3 Metres South of the Porch 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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- Church of St Mary the Virgin
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- Pair of Coyte Headstones Adjacent East Wall of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Lychgate to Churchyard of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- Old Place
- The George and Dragon
- The Rectory Including Front Boundary Wall
- The Cottage
- Walls, Gate Piers and Gates at the Entrance to the Manor