Johnstone Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of the Chancel 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. Tomb.
Johnstone Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- pitched-wicket-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 553 414
- Coordinates
- 51.15107, 0.22029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Johnstone chest tomb, dated 1776, is located approximately 3 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary the Virgin. This sandstone chest tomb is rectangular in shape and features a thick soffit-chamfered flat lid. The plinth is now buried. The sides of the tomb have fielded panels, with three on the long sides and one on each end. The inscriptions are in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, with some italicized text. This memorial commemorates the Reverend William Johnstone, whose death is recorded on the lid, along with the tragic deaths of six of his children in the same year. Additionally, the names John Archer and Hester Clutterbuck are inscribed, though the dates of their deaths are not legible.
Local climate
Johnstone Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of the Chancel 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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