Monument to James Swaffer 3 Metres South of Chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul (No 2) is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2000. Monument.
Monument to James Swaffer 3 Metres South of Chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul (No 2)
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-merlon-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2000
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- TQ 972 375
- Coordinates
- 51.10367, 0.81623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a churchyard monument located about 3 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Shadoxhurst. It dates from the 1720s and features a double headstone with rococo scrolled heads that include motifs of skulls and crossbones. The inscription panels on the monument are partially illegible.
Local climate
Monument to James Swaffer 3 Metres South of Chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul (No 2) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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