Row of Chest Tombs About 30 to 40 Metres North West 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. Chest tombs.
Row of Chest Tombs About 30 to 40 Metres North West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- sunken-obsidian-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- TQ 723 378
- Coordinates
- 51.11386, 0.46092
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a row of chest tombs located about 30 to 40 metres northwest of the Church of St Mary. They date from the early to mid 18th century and are dedicated to the Light family, with an additional chest tomb to the west. All five tombs share a similar design, featuring urn-shaped moulded corner piers, simply moulded and inscribed panels, and ogee moulded top slabs. Some inscriptions remain visible, confirming they are all memorials to the Light family.
Local climate
Row of Chest Tombs About 30 to 40 Metres North West of Church of St Mary 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 greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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