Camfield Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of the Nave of the Chapel of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Chest tomb.
Camfield Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of the Nave of the Chapel of St John
- WRENN ID
- salt-rubble-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 530 376
- Coordinates
- 51.11784, 0.1856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Camfield chest tomb, dated 1812, is located approximately 4 meters south of the nave of the Chapel of St John. This rectangular chest tomb is made of sandstone ashlar and features fluted corner pilasters, a flat lid with moulded edges, a moulded base, and a one-step plinth. The side panels have indented corners. The inscription begins with Gothic lettering, while the remainder is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The south panel commemorates the death of Anne Camfield in 1812, and both the lid and the north panel record the deaths of other members of the Camfield family.
Local climate
Camfield Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of the Nave of the Chapel of St John receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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