Two Chest Tombs to East Side of Parish Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1980. Tomb. 2 related planning applications.

Two Chest Tombs to East Side of Parish Church of St James

WRENN ID
cold-lantern-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bexley
Constituency
Old Bexley and Sidcup MP: Mr Louie French (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1980
Type
Tomb
Address
Two Chest Tombs to East Side of Parish Church of St James, North Cray Road, DA14 5EQ
OS grid reference
TQ 484 717
Coordinates
51.42538, 0.13351
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two chest tombs are located on the east side of the Parish Church of St James in North Cray. These fine tombs are made of Portland stone, with one dated 1728 and the other dated 1827.

Local climate

Two Chest Tombs to East Side of Parish Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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