Two Headstones to Exeter Family, About 20 Metres North 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. Headstone.
Two Headstones to Exeter Family, About 20 Metres North West of Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- night-outpost-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 756 294
- Coordinates
- 51.03773, 0.50377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two headstones for the Exeter family are located about 20 metres northwest of the Church of St Lawrence. The first is a double headstone for Thomas, who died in 1727, and Elizabeth, who died in 1734. It stands about 2 feet high and features a scroll-shaped head with incised central bones and skull, along with the motto "memento mori." The second headstone is for John Exeter, who died in 1744. This headstone is about 3 feet high and has a fielded inscription panel. It features scrolled shoulders at the head and a crudely executed cherub's head, along with a skull and hourglass.
Local climate
Two Headstones to Exeter Family, About 20 Metres North 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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