Loddiges Family Tomb, St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Hackney local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 2005. Chest tomb.
Loddiges Family Tomb, St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens
- WRENN ID
- white-string-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hackney
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch MP: Dame Meg Hillier (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 2005
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Loddiges Family Tomb, St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens, Lower Clapton Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 351 851
- Coordinates
- 51.54907, -0.05271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Loddiges Family Tomb is a chest tomb located in the St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens. It is made of Portland stone and features reeded angle pilasters, with inscription panels on each face that have inset corners. A ledger slab sits on top of the tomb. This monument commemorates the Loddiges Family, known for their contributions to horticulture. Conrad Loddiges, who lived from around 1739 to 1826, established the well-known Loddiges nursery on Mare Street in Hackney in 1771, which played a significant role in introducing various plants to the country. The nursery was later managed by his son, George Loddiges (1784-1846), and then by his grandson, Conrad Loddiges (1826-1865). This mid-19th century chest tomb holds historical significance as the resting place of the Loddiges family and has group value with the Grade II* Church of St. John at Hackney and other listed monuments in the churchyard.
Local climate
Loddiges Family Tomb, St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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