Railed Chest Tomb About 20 Metres North West 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. Tomb.
Railed Chest Tomb About 20 Metres North West of Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin
- WRENN ID
- secret-hall-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TR 054 469
- Coordinates
- 51.18475, 0.93769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dedicated to James White, who died in 1816. It is located about 20 metres north-west of the Church of Saint Gregory and Saint Martin. The tomb is made of stone and features iron railings. The chest has baluster corner piers, raised and fielded side panels, and a moulded top slab. The flat-headed rails are topped with urn finial principals.
Local climate
Railed Chest Tomb About 20 Metres North West 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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