Chest Tomb of Richard and Alice Tyler, About 1 Metre North 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. Tomb.
Chest Tomb of Richard and Alice Tyler, About 1 Metre North of Church of St Margaret
- WRENN ID
- second-thatch-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 703 381
- Coordinates
- 51.11706, 0.43306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb of Richard and Alice Tyler, dating from around 1700, is located about 1 metre north of the Church of St. Margaret. It features a double stepped base leading to an ogee moulded plinth, which is adorned with wave moulded corner piers and raised inscription panels. The tomb is topped with a reverse ogee moulded slab.
Local climate
Chest Tomb of Richard and Alice Tyler, About 1 Metre North 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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