Tomb of Captain Samuel Jones and Family, St Mattias is a Grade II listed building in the Tower Hamlets local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Tomb of Captain Samuel Jones and Family, St Mattias
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cellar-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse MP: Apsana Begum (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Captain Samuel Jones and Family, St Mattias, Woodstock Terrace
- OS grid reference
- TQ 377 808
- Coordinates
- 51.50968, -0.01638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Captain Samuel Jones and his family is a pedestal tomb on a stepped base, dating from around 1734, with the designer unknown. It was restored in the 19th century by a statuary named Ellingford from Poplar. The tomb is made of stone and features a tall plinth with projecting curved ends. The sides are adorned with high relief carved swags that frame inscriptions. Above the plinth is a rectangular pedestal, which was formerly flanked by standing putti. On the south side of the pedestal, there is a carved relief depicting a ship under sail, while the north side features a nautical still-life that includes globes, cross-staffs, a caduceus, cannon and shot, a sextant, flags, and a central heraldic shield. The monument is crowned by addorsed consoles that once supported an urn. It was originally surrounded by railings. Captain Samuel Jones is noted for his distinguished service fighting the French in the English Channel during 1706 and 1707. St Mattias was previously the East India Company Chapel, and many nautical men were buried in the churchyard.
Local climate
Tomb of Captain Samuel Jones and Family, St Mattias 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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