Group of 4 Chest Tombs, 2 Barrel Tombs and Headstones About 5 Metres South West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1988. Tombs.

Group of 4 Chest Tombs, 2 Barrel Tombs and Headstones About 5 Metres South West of Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
broken-groin-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ashford
Constituency
Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 August 1988
Type
Tombs
OS grid reference
TR 072 396
Coordinates
51.11822, 0.95939
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A group of four chest tombs, two barrel tombs, and a headstone is located about 5 metres south-west of the Church of St. Mary. All these tombs date from the mid to late 18th century. Three of the chest tombs are plain, featuring simple incised panels and plain corner piers, all topped with moulded marble slabs. The fourth chest tomb, dedicated to Elizabeth Williamson, has reeded corner piers and fielded panels with cut-away corners. There is a pair of illegible headstones alongside the barrel tombs, one of which is longer than the other. The headstone for Henry Dunk stands about 2 feet high and has scrolled shoulders leading to a double segmental cornice, supported by a central pilaster, and is adorned with a cherub's head and trophies.

Local climate

Group of 4 Chest Tombs, 2 Barrel Tombs and Headstones About 5 Metres South West of Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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