Pair of Mid C19 Monuments About 25 Metres South West of Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Monument.
Pair of Mid C19 Monuments About 25 Metres South West of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- brooding-corner-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 755 294
- Coordinates
- 51.03738, 0.50257
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of mid 19th century monuments is located about 25 metres south-west of the Church of St Lawrence in Hawkhurst. The earliest monument dates to 1844 and features a tall pedestal with Greek revival details, including semi-circular pediments adorned with anthemion decoration, topped with a draped urn. Surrounding the monuments is a cast iron railing with spear-headed tops. One of the monuments commemorates George French, who died in 1850, and includes a large Greek revival chest tomb. This chest tomb has fielded inscription panels and panelled corner piers that are topped with stylised palm-leaf capitals, supporting a marble hipped top slab.
Local climate
Pair of Mid C19 Monuments About 25 Metres South West of Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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