Headstone and Footstone About 11 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Monument.
Headstone and Footstone About 11 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 565 431
- Coordinates
- 51.16658, 0.23724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two headstones located about 11 metres southeast of the porch of the Church of St Lawrence, dating from the 1760s. They are made of freestone. The headstone on the west side has a shouldered shape with a rounded top and commemorates William Weaver, who died in 1763. To the immediate east is a smaller, thicker footstone that also has a rounded top and moulded corners. This footstone features the initials WW and the date 1763.
Local climate
Headstone and Footstone About 11 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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