Tomb Chest to Kent Family, About 25 Metres East of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. Tomb.
Tomb Chest to Kent Family, About 25 Metres East of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- wild-beam-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TR 381 652
- Coordinates
- 51.33639, 1.41829
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb chest to the Kent family, located about 25 metres east of the Church of St. George, dates from the 1840s and is constructed from stone in the Gothic style. It features a moulded plinth and corner piers with cusped arches. The long sides of the chest are adorned with three quatrefoils that contain shields, while the short sides are plain and bear inscriptions. The top slab is moulded and raised.
Local climate
Tomb Chest to Kent Family, About 25 Metres East of Church of St George 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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