Chest Tomb 5 Yards North East of Church of St Dunstan is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1986. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb 5 Yards North East of Church of St Dunstan

WRENN ID
grim-wicket-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Constituency
Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 May 1986
Type
Chest tomb
OS grid reference
TQ 777 361
Coordinates
51.0974, 0.53665
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located 5 yards northeast of the Church of St Dunstan, dates from the mid-18th century and is made of stone. It features moulded corners and a cornice slab. The inscription on the tomb was illegible at the time of the re-survey.

Local climate

Chest Tomb 5 Yards North East of Church of St Dunstan 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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