Two Headstones to Down Family About 20 Metres South West 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. Headstone.
Two Headstones to Down Family About 20 Metres South West of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- open-basalt-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1988
- Type
- Headstone
- OS grid reference
- TQ 989 324
- Coordinates
- 51.05726, 0.83783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two headstones to the Down family are located about 20 metres south-west of the Church of St. Matthew. They date from the mid-18th century and are made of freestone. The headstones commemorate Benjamin Down and Daniel Down. Both are approximately 2½ feet high and feature different inscriptions in 'copperplate' script. Benjamin's headstone includes rocaille heads with an hourglass, a winged cherub, and trophies with scrolled shoulders, while Daniel's headstone displays an open book, a cherub, and an hourglass.
Local climate
Two Headstones to Down Family About 20 Metres South West 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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