Group of Four Chest Tombs About 5 to 20 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 10 October 1989. Chest tombs.
Group of Four Chest Tombs About 5 to 20 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- ruined-window-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1989
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- TQ 682 365
- Coordinates
- 51.10366, 0.40131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four chest tombs located about 5 to 20 metres south of the Church of St. Mary, dating from the early to mid-18th century. Three of the tombs are nearly identical, featuring wave-moulded corner piers, simple panelled sides, and moulded top slabs. The southernmost chest has a later design, with moulded panels, chamfered corners, and vase-shaped corner piers.
Local climate
Group of Four Chest Tombs About 5 to 20 Metres South of Church of St Mary 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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