Railed Chest Tomb of Hodgkin Family and Railed Enclosure Attached, About 25 Metres South East of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1989. Tomb.
Railed Chest Tomb of Hodgkin Family and Railed Enclosure Attached, About 25 Metres South East of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- distant-quoin-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 704 380
- Coordinates
- 51.11667, 0.4334
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railed chest tomb of the Hodgkin family, along with its attached railed enclosure, is located about 25 metres southeast of the Church of St. Margaret. This structure dates from the early 19th century. Both the tomb and the enclosure feature spear-headed rails and principals topped with urn finials. The chest tomb is coffin-shaped, with a moulded plinth and fluted corner piers. It has rectangular inscription panels with chamfered corners and roundels in the corner spaces. The end panels are designed in two stages, with the upper panels mirroring the side panels. The top slab is inscribed to John Hodgkin, who died in 1827 and was a Storekeeper of H.M. Ordnance at Woolwich and Deptford.
Local climate
Railed Chest Tomb of Hodgkin Family and Railed Enclosure Attached, About 25 Metres South East of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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