Chest tomb to Elgar family about 25 metres south of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tomb.
Chest tomb to Elgar family about 25 metres south of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- twisted-outpost-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest tomb to Elgar family about 25 metres south of Church of St Mary, CT3 1BB
- OS grid reference
- TR 242 574
- Coordinates
- 51.27202, 1.21312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 25 metres south of the Church of St Mary, was created in the early 19th century for the Elgar family. It features a moulded base and side panels, with end panels adorned with oak leaves and a curled snake that is biting its own tail.
Local climate
Chest tomb to Elgar family about 25 metres south of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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