Group of Four Tomb Chests Immediately East 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.
Group of Four Tomb Chests Immediately East of St Margaret's Church
- WRENN ID
- pitched-facade-mist
- 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
- Group of Four Tomb Chests Immediately East of St Margaret's Church, St Margaret's Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 740 680
- Coordinates
- 51.38497, 0.49974
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four tomb chests located immediately east of St Margaret's Church, dating from the early to mid-19th century. They are made of limestone with brick cores. One tomb chest is dedicated to George Belson, who died in 1853, and another commemorates Thomas Manly and his wife, who passed away in 1802. The tomb chests are generally heavily overgrown, making the inscriptions difficult to read. Each chest features varied designs, all with moulded caps and plinths, and includes inscription panels. One of the chests has decorative swags flanking its inscription panels and supports a smaller chest with inclined sides.
Local climate
Group of Four Tomb Chests Immediately East 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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