Three Chest Tombs About 1 to 6 Metres East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. Tomb.
Three Chest Tombs About 1 to 6 Metres East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- proud-string-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 813 409
- Coordinates
- 51.13911, 0.59079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Three chest tombs, dating from the early 18th century, are located about 1 to 6 metres east of the Church of St Mary in Frittenden. They are made of stone and feature moulded bases, moulded urn-type corner pieces, and moulded top slabs. All three tombs are overgrown with ivy and have illegible inscriptions. They are included for their group value.
Local climate
Three Chest Tombs About 1 to 6 Metres East of Church of St Mary sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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