Group of 3 Chest Tombs, About 50 Metres West of Church of St Laurence is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. Tomb.
Group of 3 Chest Tombs, About 50 Metres West of Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- fading-thatch-juniper
- 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 369 653
- Coordinates
- 51.33752, 1.40078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located about 50 meters west of the Church of St. Laurence. They date from the 18th century and are constructed of brick with stone top slabs. All three tombs are coffin-shaped, featuring moulded top slabs. The westernmost tomb is almost completely level with the ground surface, the middle tomb stands about 2 and a half feet high, and the easternmost tomb is about 1 foot high. Unfortunately, all inscriptions on the tombs are illegible. This type of chest tomb is virtually unique in East Kent.
Local climate
Group of 3 Chest Tombs, About 50 Metres West of Church of St Laurence 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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