Group of 3 Chest Tombs and Headstone About 5-10 Metres South of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tomb.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs and Headstone About 5-10 Metres South of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- keen-sentry-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
- Group of 3 Chest Tombs and Headstone About 5-10 Metres South of Church of St James, the Street, Staple
- OS grid reference
- TR 269 566
- Coordinates
- 51.26361, 1.25154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a group of three chest tombs and a headstone located about 5 to 10 metres south of the Church of St. James. The group includes two identical chest tombs, both with illegible inscriptions, with the more southerly tomb marking a death in 1717. These tombs feature plain panelled sides and ends, with central and corner uprights decorated with skulls and crossed mortuary tools, a moulded base, and a plain, incised top slab. The chest tombs are dedicated to Margaret Terry, who died in 1713, and Ralph Terry, who died in 1732.
The third chest tomb has a finely inscribed marble top slab, raised and fielded uprights, and enriched uprights with skulls and crossed mortuary tools. The headstone commemorates William Terry and dates to the late 18th century. It stands about 4 feet high and has a smaller stone attached. The headstone features a shouldered head with a moulded, dentillated frieze on scrolled sides, adorned with a winged cherub head and bifurcated floriated decoration.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs and Headstone About 5-10 Metres South of Church of St James sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% 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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