Chest Tomb 20 Metres North West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 20 Metres North West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- mired-timber-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 992 631
- Coordinates
- 51.33262, 0.85837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 20 metres north-west of the Church of St. Mary, dates from the early 19th century. It features a moulded plinth and base, with a chest that has horizontally fluted side panels. The design includes raised concave-sided lozenge and hexagonal panels. The corners are adorned with piers that have heavy bands, which are either fluted or decorated with guilloche patterns. The inscription on the tomb is illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 20 Metres North West of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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