Chest Tomb About 1 Metre East of the Chancel of the Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb About 1 Metre East of the Chancel of the Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- weathered-moat-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 679 417
- Coordinates
- 51.15, 0.40053
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 1 metre east of the chancel of the Church of All Saints, is likely from the late 18th century. It is made of freestone and features a rectangular shape resting on a plinth, topped with an overscaling chamfered lid. The ends of the chest are adorned with ribbed moulding. The inscription and date on the tomb are currently illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 1 Metre East of the Chancel of the Church of All Saints receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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