Chest Tomb About 50 Metres South West of Church of St Matthew is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 50 Metres South West of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- odd-cellar-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 989 324
- Coordinates
- 51.05715, 0.83735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the mid-18th century, is located about 50 metres southwest of the Church of St. Matthew. It is made of freestone and features a marble top slab. Originally, it had a railed surround that included a moulded plinth, balusters, corner piers, and fielded panels. The moulded top slab is incised with a Coat of Arms, although the inscription is now illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 50 Metres South West of Church of St Matthew 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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