Obelisk Tomb of John Chambers, Approximately 5 Metres South West of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1996. Memorial.
Obelisk Tomb of John Chambers, Approximately 5 Metres South West of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- fossil-tin-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Gillingham and Rainham MP: Naushabah Khan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1996
- Type
- Memorial
- OS grid reference
- TQ 817 658
- Coordinates
- 51.36282, 0.60873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The obelisk tomb of John Chambers, located approximately 5 meters south-west of the Church of St Margaret, is a memorial dating from 1776. It is constructed of limestone ashlar and features a square base that is inscribed with the name of John Chambers, who died in 1776. The base has a moulded top and is topped by a short obelisk.
Local climate
Obelisk Tomb of John Chambers, Approximately 5 Metres South West of Church of St Margaret sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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