Group of 5 Chest Tombs About 10 to 25 Metres South West of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1989. A C18 Tomb.
Group of 5 Chest Tombs About 10 to 25 Metres South West of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- watchful-corridor-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 723 377
- Coordinates
- 51.11357, 0.46109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of five chest tombs located about 10 to 25 metres southwest of the Church of St Mary. They date from the late 17th century to the early 18th century and are made of stone. The group includes a row of three nearly identical chest tombs featuring panelled sides and wave-moulded corner pieces, which appear to be crude attempts at urn-shaped designs, along with moulded top slabs. There is a fourth identical chest tomb nearby, accompanied by a less ornate, monolithic, and earlier chest tomb that still retains a moulded top slab, situated closer to the church. All inscriptions on the tombs are worn, and they have sunk into the ground, making them illegible.
Local climate
Group of 5 Chest Tombs About 10 to 25 Metres South West of Church of St Mary 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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