Simson Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstone.
Simson Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- fading-rampart-ochre
- 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 511 390
- Coordinates
- 51.13053, 0.15921
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Simson headstone, located approximately 10 meters south of the porch of the Church of St Martin, is a Grade II listed memorial dated 1749. It commemorates Charles Simson and is made of upright sandstone, standing about 750 millimeters high. The headstone features a shouldered and shaped head, with an inscription in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering within a fielded panel, recording the death of the infant Charles Simson in 1749.
Local climate
Simson Headstone Approximately 10 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Martin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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