Golding Tomb 20 Yards South East of the Chancel of Ditton Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1987. Tomb.
Golding Tomb 20 Yards South East of the Chancel of Ditton Church
- WRENN ID
- carved-moat-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 709 580
- Coordinates
- 51.29572, 0.45127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Golding Tomb, located 20 yards southeast of the chancel of Ditton Church, is a chest tomb dated 1821. It is made of stone and features a wide stopped plinth that supports the chest tomb, which has panelled sides and corners adorned with traceried panels. Surrounding the tomb is a wrought-iron railing with spear-head rails and vase-head standards. The tomb is inscribed to William Golding, who died in 1821.
Local climate
Golding Tomb 20 Yards South East of the Chancel of Ditton Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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