Chest Tomb and 3 Headstones About 10-20 Metres North of Chancel 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, headstone.
Chest Tomb and 3 Headstones About 10-20 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- eastward-quoin-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb, headstone
- Address
- Chest Tomb and 3 Headstones About 10-20 Metres North of Chancel of Church of St Laurence, High Street, Ramsgate
- OS grid reference
- TR 370 653
- Coordinates
- 51.33769, 1.4018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb and three headstones are located about 10-20 metres north of the chancel of the Church of St. Laurence. The chest tomb, which is railed, is dedicated to Mary Sandilands, who died in 1817. It features a double stepped base with a moulded plinth, trefoil headed corner piers, and an oval plaque set against a reeded background. The top slab is moulded and incised. The tomb is surrounded by spear head rails.
One headstone commemorates Francis Coxen, who died in 1704. It stands about 2.5 feet high and displays a full relief of a winged cherub's head, accompanied by foliate scrolls. Another headstone belongs to Martha Knowler, dating from the early 18th century, and is approximately 1.5 feet high. It has a scroll-shaped head and features two incised panels with crossed bones (which are damaged) and an hourglass. The third headstone is for Stephen Hooper, who died in 1744. This headstone is also about 2.5 feet high and showcases foliated scrolled shoulders, a raised segmental outline, and an anchor on a shield.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and 3 Headstones About 10-20 Metres North of Chancel 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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