Monument About 0.5 Metre East of Chancel of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1987. Chest tomb.
Monument About 0.5 Metre East of Chancel of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-loft-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 720 542
- Coordinates
- 51.26124, 0.4641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb from the 18th century, located about half a metre east of the chancel of the Church of St. Margaret in Barming. It is made of stone and rests on a chamfered stone base. The tomb features a corniced lid and plain side panels. The inscription on the tomb was illegible at the time of the re-survey.
Local climate
Monument About 0.5 Metre East of Chancel of St Margaret sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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