Illegible Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstone.
Illegible Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket
- WRENN ID
- fading-frieze-mallow
- 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 637 445
- Coordinates
- 51.17634, 0.34125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone located approximately 5 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket. It is probably from the late 17th century and is made of upright sandstone, standing about 400 millimeters high. The top of the headstone is shaped like a bifurcated scroll and features carvings of scrolls on either side of a skull and crossbones. Below this, there is a fielded panel that contains an inscription in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. However, the inscription is so worn that it is only legible in perfect lighting conditions. The Christian name "William" can be discerned, but the date of his death is not readable.
Local climate
Illegible Headstone Approximately 5 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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