Tomb Chest to Francis Lemm, About 5 Metres North West 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 Francis Lemm, About 5 Metres North West of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- graven-pavement-sorrel
- 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
- 51.33607, 1.41757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb chest to Francis William Lemm, who died in 1851, is located about 5 metres north-west of the Church of St. George in Ramsgate. It is made of stone and designed in a Neo-classical style. The tomb features a weathered, double-stepped and moulded plinth on a base, with incised corner piers topped with capitals that support a top slab. This slab has four pedimented faces adorned with simple scrolls and foliation. The side panels are raised and fielded, with hollow chamfered corners.
Local climate
Tomb Chest to Francis Lemm, About 5 Metres North West 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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