Smith Monument Beside North East Corner of North Transept of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Headstone.
Smith Monument Beside North East Corner of North Transept of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- riven-pier-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Headstone
- Address
- Smith Monument Beside North East Corner of North Transept of Church of St Mary, Lower Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 149 556
- Coordinates
- 51.28826, -0.35245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smith monument is a headstone located beside the north-east corner of the north transept of the Church of St Mary. It dates from the mid-18th century and commemorates John Jerome Smith, who died in 1752. The monument is made of limestone and features a scrolled top. The face is carved with an hourglass surrounded by decorative flourishes, and the inscription is in seriffed lettering, although the lower half is buried.
Local climate
Smith Monument Beside North East Corner of North Transept of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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