Chest Tomb to Hodges Family, About 2 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. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb to Hodges Family, About 2 Metres South of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- roaming-roof-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 989 325
- Coordinates
- 51.05737, 0.83812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb to the Hodges family, located about 2 metres south of the Church of St. Matthew, dates from 1731 and later. It features a moulded and incised top slab supported by baluster piers, with raised and fielded side panels. The top slab is adorned with a Coat of Arms and an inscription commemorating Frances Newman Hodges, who died in 1731.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Hodges Family, About 2 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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