Chest Tomb, Approximately 60 Metres South of Church of St Mary Magdalene, Near Abbey Street is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Chest Tomb, Approximately 60 Metres South of Church of St Mary Magdalene, Near Abbey Street
- WRENN ID
- rooted-corner-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 333 794
- Coordinates
- 51.49795, -0.08076
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1815, is located approximately 60 meters south of the Church of St Mary Magdalene, near Abbey Street. It has a rectangular shape and stands on a tall plinth that still features high-quality railings. The railings have spearhead finials on all the posts, with the corner and central uprights being banded and bulbous towards the base. The earliest burial recorded here is from 1815, with the last noted interment being for Robert Foster in 1839, among others.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, Approximately 60 Metres South of Church of St Mary Magdalene, Near Abbey Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Church of St Mary Magdalene
- 191, Bermondsey Street
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- Gates and Gate Piers at North East Entrance to St Marys Churchyard
- Wall of Recreation Ground
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