Chest Tomb to Jane Morris (?) About 1 Metre South of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. A Georgian Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Jane Morris (?) About 1 Metre South of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- stark-lime-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- TR 052 393
- Coordinates
- 51.11677, 0.93128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb believed to be for Jane Morris, who died in 1781, located about 1 metre south of the Church of St. John. The tomb is made of stone and features a chest on a raised base. It has raised and fielded side panels, along with wide baluster-shaped side piers. The top slab is moulded.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Jane Morris (?) About 1 Metre South of Church of St John sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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