Chest Tomb 10 Yards South of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 10 Yards South of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-glass-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Medway
- Constituency
- Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 756 759
- Coordinates
- 51.45511, 0.52645
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb located 10 yards south of the Church of St. James dates from the early to mid-18th century. It is made of stone and features panelled sides, baluster corners, and a corniced lid. The inscription on the tomb was illegible at the time of the re-survey.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 10 Yards South of Church of St James 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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