Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres North of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Chest tombs.

Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres North of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary the Virgin

WRENN ID
vacant-brass-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 August 1990
Type
Chest tombs
OS grid reference
TQ 553 414
Coordinates
51.15138, 0.22017
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a group of three chest tombs located approximately 6 meters north of the vestry of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. They date from the late 18th century and are made of white marble. Each tomb is rectangular in shape and features flat lids with moulded edges and a moulded plinth.

The simplest tomb has inset corner pilasters with moulded caps and bases, along with fielded panels on each side. The inscription on its lid is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering but is very faint and difficult to read except in perfect lighting.

The second tomb has moulded baluster corners and fielded panels on each side. The south side panel is inscribed in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, with some italicized text, commemorating the death of Thomas Baker in 1767, along with other relatives noted on the remaining sides.

The third chest tomb features panels with concave corners. The lid has an inscription in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering that records the death of George Skinner in 1771, and it also includes a carved armorial bearing within a roundel.

Local climate

Group of 3 Chest Tombs Approximately 6 Metres North of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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