Charnel House at North West Corner of Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Charnel house.
Charnel House at North West Corner of Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- sunken-roof-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1986
- Type
- Charnel house
- Address
- Charnel House at North West Corner of Churchyard, Church Street, Cliffe and Cliffe Woods
- OS grid reference
- TQ 735 766
- Coordinates
- 51.46228, 0.49636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The charnel house, located at the north-west corner of the churchyard, dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed from dressed stone and features a plain tiled roof with a louvred hood at the ridge. The building has triple lancets at each end, which are surrounded by dressed stone. This charnel house was originally used for the storage of bodies recovered from the River Thames.
Local climate
Charnel House at North West Corner of Churchyard sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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