Chest Tomb to John Oliver, About 2 Metres South of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1989. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb to John Oliver, About 2 Metres South of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin
- WRENN ID
- turning-landing-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TR 054 468
- Coordinates
- 51.18431, 0.93789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to John Oliver, who died in 1811. It is a Neo-classical stone sarcophagus featuring pilaster corner piers and a pedimented top slab adorned with acroteria. The tomb is located about 2 metres south of the Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin on the north side of Wye High Street.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to John Oliver, About 2 Metres South of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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