Two Tomb Chests 8 Metres 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.
Two Tomb Chests 8 Metres North of Nave of St Margaret's Church
- WRENN ID
- still-ashlar-harvest
- 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
- OS grid reference
- TQ 740 680
- Coordinates
- 51.38508, 0.49956
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two tomb chests located 8 metres north of the nave of St Margaret's Church. The first tomb chest is dedicated to Robert Douglas, who died in 1783, and the second is for Robert and Anne George, who passed away in 1832. Both tomb chests are made of limestone with a brick core and plinth. The first chest features inclined fluted angles and a moulded top. The second chest is designed as a sarcophagus, adorned with a running-dog frieze that is interrupted by rectangular lateral panels, and each end has an urn set in a round-headed recess.
Local climate
Two Tomb Chests 8 Metres 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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