Chest Tomb About 10 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. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb About 10 Metres South of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- gilded-frieze-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dover
- Constituency
- Dover and Deal MP: Mike Tapp (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TR 359 482
- Coordinates
- 51.18514, 1.37546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 17th century, is located about 10 metres south of the Church of St. Nicholas in Ringwould. It is constructed of red brick and features a stone top slab. The tomb has a double moulded plinth and a moulded slab, although the inscription is now illegible. It is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 10 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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