Chest Tomb of Thomas Twort, About 15 Metres South East of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1989. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb of Thomas Twort, About 15 Metres South East of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- mired-hinge-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1989
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 704 380
- Coordinates
- 51.1168, 0.43324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb of Thomas Twort, located about 15 metres southeast of the Church of St. Margaret, dates from the early 19th century and commemorates Thomas and Elizabeth Twort. It features a moulded base with reeded and fluted corner piers, moulded inscription panels, and a moulded top slab.
Local climate
Chest Tomb of Thomas Twort, About 15 Metres South East of Church of St Margaret 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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