Carnell chest tomb approximately 3.5 metres north of the organ loft of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. Chest tomb.
Carnell chest tomb approximately 3.5 metres north of the organ loft of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sombre-iron-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Carnell chest tomb approximately 3.5 metres north of the organ loft of the Church of St Mary, TN11 0DB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 634 497
- Coordinates
- 51.22333, 0.33956
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Carnell chest tomb, located approximately 3.5 metres north of the organ loft of the Church of St Mary, is a chest tomb dated 1799 in memory of Elizabeth Carnell. It is made of grey limestone and features fluted corner-shafts with moulded capitals and bases. Each of the four sides has a single rectangular fielded panel with concave corners and sunbursts. The flat lid has moulded edges, a moulded base, and a two-step plinth. The northern panel is inscribed, with the opening words in Gothic lettering and the remainder in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of Elizabeth Carnell in 1799. This panel also notes the deaths of her husband William in 1836 and his second wife Sarah in 1848. The bottom step of the plinth has sockets from former iron area railings.
Local climate
Carnell chest tomb approximately 3.5 metres north of the organ loft of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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