Chest tomb approximately 1 metre south of nave of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1993. Monument.
Chest tomb approximately 1 metre south of nave of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- idle-dormer-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1993
- Type
- Monument
- Address
- Chest tomb approximately 1 metre south of nave of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, ME19 6NE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 679 575
- Coordinates
- 51.29211, 0.40668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1780, is located approximately 1 metre south of the nave of the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin in West Malling. It is made of stone and features a chest on a base, with end pilasters and a basalt top slab that includes an inscription.
Local climate
Chest tomb approximately 1 metre south of nave of Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 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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