Tomb Chest to Elizabeth Biggs and Thomas Grundy About 30 Metres North 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 chest.
Tomb Chest to Elizabeth Biggs and Thomas Grundy About 30 Metres North of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- low-barrel-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- TR 381 652
- Coordinates
- 51.33647, 1.41785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tomb chest dedicated to Elizabeth Biggs, who died in 1811, and Thomas Grundy, who died in 1816. It is located about 30 metres north of the Church of St. George in Ramsgate. The tomb chest is made of stone and features a simple base leading to a plinth. The side piers have incised panels, and the side panels are fielded with chamfered corners. At the top, there is a simple, heavy slab.
Local climate
Tomb Chest to Elizabeth Biggs and Thomas Grundy About 30 Metres North 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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