William Gibbons Headstone About 9 Metres South of the South Aisle 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.

William Gibbons Headstone About 9 Metres South of the South Aisle of the Church of All Saints

WRENN ID
idle-transept-fen
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 679 416
Coordinates
51.14986, 0.40012
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a headstone for William Gibbons, located about 9 meters south of the south aisle of the Church of All Saints in Brenchley. It dates from the early 18th century and is made of freestone. The headstone features a shouldered shape with scrolled corners and a round-headed arch, adorned with a relief carving of a cherub. The inscription commemorates William Gibbons of the Parsonage, who died in 1716. Below the main inscription, it notes that the headstone was "Done by Ambrose Gibbons and John Fuggle Grandsons." This attribution is unusual for its time, although a late 17th-century headstone in the churchyard has a similar inscription, indicating a tradition where relatives, whether professional or amateur masons, crafted headstones for their family members.

Local climate

William Gibbons Headstone About 9 Metres South of the South Aisle 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 greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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