Headstone to Margaret Burges, About 4 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. Headstone.
Headstone to Margaret Burges, About 4 Metres South of Church of St Matthew
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-baluster-reed
- 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 989 325
- Coordinates
- 51.05736, 0.83818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a headstone dedicated to Margaret Burges, who died in 1750. It is located about 4 metres south of the Church of St. Matthew. The headstone stands approximately 2 and a half feet high and features a segmental cornice supported by scrolls, which are placed on small entablature blocks. At the top, there is a winged cherub depicted in a cloudburst.
Local climate
Headstone to Margaret Burges, About 4 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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