Tomb Chest and Headstone About 1.5 Metres East of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1987. Tomb chest.
Tomb Chest and Headstone About 1.5 Metres East of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- odd-stone-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- TR 359 521
- Coordinates
- 51.21988, 1.37736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tomb chest and headstone located about 1.5 metres east of the Church of St. Nicholas in Sholden. The tomb chest dates from the late 17th century and features a moulded and inscribed top slab resting on a red brick chest with a plinth. The inscription on the top slab is illegible. The headstone commemorates Elizabeth Ratley, who died in 1776. It stands about 3 feet high and has scrolled shoulders with a palm frond surround to the heraldic achievement.
Local climate
Tomb Chest and Headstone About 1.5 Metres East of Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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