Rodger chest tomb approximately 2 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. Tomb.
Rodger chest tomb approximately 2 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- high-groin-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Rodger chest tomb approximately 2 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Mary, TN11 0DB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 634 497
- Coordinates
- 51.22319, 0.33901
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rodger chest tomb, located approximately 2 meters west of the tower of the Church of St Mary in Hadlow, is a large chest tomb dated 1882 in memory of Robert Rodger. It is made of white marble set on a limestone and brick plinth and is designed in the Gothick style. The chest features panelled sides, with three panels on the long sides and one on each end, all of which are cusped with sunk spandrels at the corners. The thick lid has a ridged top adorned with a fleuree cross, along with moulded edges and a cornice. The base is moulded above a band of cusped trefoils and sits on a single step plinth built on brick foundations. The east end of the base displays a coat of arms, and there is an inscription panel above it made of inlaid lead, commemorating the deaths of Robert Rodger of Hadlow Castle in 1882 and his wife Sophia in 1884. The tomb is surrounded by coping stones that contain sockets for iron area railings.
Local climate
Rodger chest tomb approximately 2 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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