Two Chest Tombs About 10 and 25 Metres South 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. Chest tombs.
Two Chest Tombs About 10 and 25 Metres South of Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- guardian-crypt-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- TR 370 653
- Coordinates
- 51.33739, 1.40163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two chest tombs are located about 10 and 25 metres south of the Church of St. Laurence. One tomb is a railed chest tomb dedicated to Catherine (who died in 1840) and Peter Burgess (who died in 1846). It is made of stone and features an iron rail. The tomb has a moulded plinth and a sarcophagus-shaped chest with heavily reeded tapering corner piers. The side panels are raised and fielded with chamfered corners, and the end panels have incised lozenges. The top slab is moulded and raised, and the railings are designed with spear heads and acorn finial principals. The second tomb is for George Marten, who died in 1744. This is a low chest with a moulded plinth and a moulded top slab that is incised with a Coat of Arms and an inscription.
Local climate
Two Chest Tombs About 10 and 25 Metres South 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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