Chest Tomb About 20 Metres South 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. A Modern Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 20 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Laurence
- WRENN ID
- dusk-flint-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Modern
- OS grid reference
- TR 370 653
- Coordinates
- 51.33736, 1.40154
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1700, is located about 20 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St. Laurence. Made of stone, it features moulded surrounds on the side panels and a moulded top slab. The long side panels are decorated with double crossed bones and a central skull, while the end panels display winged hourglasses, all rendered in a large scale and heavy relief. This tomb is considered one of the more unusual and outstanding examples in the churchyard.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 20 Metres South 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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