Chest Tomb 20 Yards South-East of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1984. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb 20 Yards South-East of Church of St George

WRENN ID
woven-keep-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tonbridge and Malling
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 May 1984
Type
Chest tomb
OS grid reference
TQ 612 591
Coordinates
51.30885, 0.31172
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located 20 yards south-east of the Church of St George, dates from around 1760. It is made of stone and features plain sides. The inscription on the tomb is illegible, and it was noted to be somewhat dilapidated at the time of the re-survey.

Local climate

Chest Tomb 20 Yards South-East of Church of St George receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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