Chest Tomb and Headstone 1 to 3 Metres South 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 and Headstone 1 to 3 Metres South of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- unlit-jamb-quill
- 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 989 325
- Coordinates
- 51.05737, 0.83804
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb and headstone located 1 to 3 metres south of the Church of St. Matthew is a Grade II listed structure. The tomb commemorates Edward Maylam, who died in 1744. It features a moulded top slab supported by fluted and gadrooned baluster piers, along with raised and fielded panels that have cut away corners. The headstone is dedicated to Thomas Maylam, who passed away in 1779, and stands about 2 feet high. It has scallop-scrolled shoulders leading to a corded scrolled cornice with a central scallop, and includes a worn cherub set within a sunburst motif.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Headstone 1 to 3 Metres South 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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