Chest Tomb 14 Yards East of Church of St Dunstan is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 December 1984. Tomb.

Chest Tomb 14 Yards East of Church of St Dunstan

WRENN ID
lesser-forge-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 December 1984
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
TQ 586 270
Coordinates
51.02076, 0.26113
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The chest tomb located 14 yards east of the Church of St Dunstan dates from the mid to late 17th century, possibly around 1665. It is made of stone and features a chamfered plinth and a heavy lid. The tomb is inscribed in Latin, although part of the inscription was illegible during the last survey. The earliest date visible on the tomb is 1665.

Local climate

Chest Tomb 14 Yards East of Church of St Dunstan receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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