Monument to Mary Collins Approximately 5 Metres South of West Tower at St Nicholas Church is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1993. Chest tomb.
Monument to Mary Collins Approximately 5 Metres South of West Tower at St Nicholas Church
- WRENN ID
- lesser-ledge-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1993
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 790 272
- Coordinates
- 51.01716, 0.55134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The monument to Mary Collins is a chest tomb located approximately 5 metres south of the west tower at St Nicholas Church. It dates from around 1744, although the inscription is mostly illegible. The tomb is made of stone and features a deep moulded top and base, resting on two stone steps with pilasters.
Local climate
Monument to Mary Collins Approximately 5 Metres South of West Tower at St Nicholas Church sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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