Chest Tomb to Daniel West, About 15 Metres South 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 C19 Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Daniel West, About 15 Metres South of Church of St Mary
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- 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 724 377
- Coordinates
- 51.11349, 0.46171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb to Daniel West, who died in 1846, is located about 15 metres south of the Church of St Mary. It is made of stone set on a rendered brick base and features iron railings. Originally, it was situated on a railed platform, but only the stumps of the supporting elements remain. The chest has a moulded base and fluted and reeded corner piers, along with bead-moulded panels that have cut-off corners and a moulded top slab.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Daniel West, About 15 Metres South 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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