Pair of Tomb Chests About 30 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the Dover local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Tomb chests.
Pair of Tomb Chests About 30 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- roaming-passage-wren
- 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 chests
- OS grid reference
- TR 287 583
- Coordinates
- 51.27832, 1.27858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of tomb chests, dating from the early 19th century, is located about 30 metres south of the south transept of the Church of St Nicholas. The first tomb chest belongs to the Coleman family and features three steps leading up to a square monument set on a moulded base. It is adorned with trefoiled corner piers topped with incised roses, and has a fluted frieze above oval and square panels, with shell-decorated corner pieces. The second tomb chest, belonging to the Hatfield family, is raised on two steps and has urn-shaped corner piers. Its moulded side panels include recesses at the ends that once held brass plates, which are now lost.
Local climate
Pair of Tomb Chests About 30 Metres South of South Transept of Church of St Nicholas 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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