Tomb Chest North of Nave of St Margaret's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1991. Tomb chest.

Tomb Chest North of Nave of St Margaret's Church

WRENN ID
upper-string-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1991
Type
Tomb chest
Address
Tomb Chest North of Nave of St Margaret's Church, St Margaret's Street
OS grid reference
TQ 740 680
Coordinates
51.38507, 0.49963
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb chest located north of the nave of St Margaret's Church is a Grade II listed structure dedicated to Francis Patten, dating from 1819. It is made of panelled limestone and features a moulded plinth and top, which supports an urn.

Local climate

Tomb Chest North of Nave of St Margaret's Church 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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