Chest Tomb and Vault and Headstone About 2 Metres South of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb and Vault and Headstone About 2 Metres South of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- shifting-flue-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TR 359 483
- Coordinates
- 51.18521, 1.37545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, vault, and headstone are located about 2 meters south of the Church of St. Nicholas. They date from the late 17th century and are made of red brick with stone dressings. The vault features a barrel-vaulted roof. The chest has a cyma-moulded plinth, rusticated quoins, and a moulded top slab, although the inscription is illegible. The headstone commemorates Blake Edwards, who died in 1739, and stands about 2 feet high, adorned with a shield, an anchor, and acanthus scrolls.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Vault and Headstone About 2 Metres South 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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