2 Adjacent Headstones Approximately 1 Metre South of the Nave of the Old Churhc of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstone.
2 Adjacent Headstones Approximately 1 Metre South of the Nave of the Old Churhc of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- cold-cobalt-spindle
- 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 626 429
- Coordinates
- 51.16288, 0.32418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two adjacent headstones located approximately 1 metre south of the nave of the Old Church of St Peter. One headstone is dated 1762 and the other is dated 1792. Both are upright sandstone slabs. The headstone on the right stands about 1.1 metres high and features a shaped head carved with an hourglass in front of crossed trumpets, surrounded by scrolls. The first line of its inscription is in Gothic lettering, while the remainder is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of Joshia Parks in 1762. The taller headstone to the left, approximately 1.5 metres high, has a shaped head carved with a radiating sunburst flanked by swags of nut-and-husk. Its inscription is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, with italics in the open pages of a book above an apron on drapery. The inscription is faint and difficult to read except in perfect lighting conditions.
Local climate
2 Adjacent Headstones Approximately 1 Metre South of the Nave of the Old Churhc of St Peter 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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