Richard Wells Headstone Immediately East of the North Transept of the Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstone.
Richard Wells Headstone Immediately East of the North Transept of the Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- carved-passage-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Richard Wells Headstone Immediately East of the North Transept of the Church of All Saints, High Street, Brenchley and Matfield
- OS grid reference
- TQ 679 417
- Coordinates
- 51.15007, 0.4004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone for Richard Wells is located immediately east of the north transept of the Church of All Saints in Brenchley. This early 19th-century headstone is made of freestone and features a round top with scrolled shoulders. At the top, it is carved with the eye of God surrounded by descending rays, and there are festoons carved on either side. The inscription is presented in an open book, which is carved in relief, with a swag of material below it. This headstone commemorates Richard Wells, who died in 1821. There are also two bodystones to the east, one of which is broken.
Local climate
Richard Wells Headstone Immediately East of the North Transept of the Church of All Saints 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 lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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