Thomas Monkton Chest Tomb About 21 Metres South 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.
Thomas Monkton Chest Tomb About 21 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- rusted-sentry-saffron
- 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 680 416
- Coordinates
- 51.14985, 0.40067
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Monkton chest tomb, located about 21 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of All Saints, is a late 18th-century structure made of Portland stone. It features a rectangular chest set on two steps with a moulded plinth, a moulded oversailing lid, and reeded corner pilasters. Each end of the tomb has oval panels, while the sides are adorned with roundels in relief, one of which includes an inscription commemorating Thomas Monkton, who died in 1757. This chest tomb is of high quality and is situated in an outstanding churchyard.
Local climate
Thomas Monkton Chest Tomb About 21 Metres South 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 greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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