Chest Tomb Approximately 40 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1996. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 40 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- buried-soffit-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1996
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 757 683
- Coordinates
- 51.38723, 0.52436
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 18th century, is located approximately 40 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. It is made of limestone ashlar and features a rectangular shape with a moulded base. The tomb has baluster ends that return on both sides, which are adorned with moulded panels, and it is topped with a moulded surface. The inscription on the tomb is not visible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 40 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Mary the Virgin 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% 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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