Chest Tomb and Railings to Sir Charles Molloy (Died 1760) East of the Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 2000. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb and Railings to Sir Charles Molloy (Died 1760) East of the Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
- scattered-joist-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 2000
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb and Railings to Sir Charles Molloy (Died 1760) East of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Church Lane, Shadoxhurst
- OS grid reference
- TQ 972 376
- Coordinates
- 51.10383, 0.81625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb and railings dedicated to Sir Charles Molloy, who died in 1760, located east of the Church of St Peter and St Paul. The chest tomb, built around 1760, is designed in a classical style and is made of Portland stone. It features raised and fielded panels and has a stone ledger top that bears the inscription "Sir Charles Molloy and Lady Molloy." The tomb is enclosed by a cast iron railing with urn-shaped posts. Sir Charles Molloy was once the Captain of the Royal Yacht William and Mary and the Royal Yacht Caroline. He is also commemorated by a wall monument on the north wall of the chancel of the Church of St Peter and St Paul. The tomb was restored in 1999.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Railings to Sir Charles Molloy (Died 1760) East of the Church of St Peter and St Paul 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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