Garden Chest Tomb About 13 Metres North of the Vestry of the Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. A 19th century Chest tomb.
Garden Chest Tomb About 13 Metres North of the Vestry of the Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- weathered-tower-swallow
- 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 565 432
- Coordinates
- 51.16678, 0.2373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a garden chest tomb located about 13 meters north of the vestry of the Church of St Lawrence, likely dating from the 1880s. It is made of black polished granite and features a plain rectangular shape set on a tall plinth and base. Heavy chains encircle the chest, suspended between sturdy iron corner posts. The inscriptions on the tomb commemorate Robert Garden, who died in 1826, along with other family members.
Local climate
Garden Chest Tomb About 13 Metres North of the Vestry of the Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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