Frith and Osborne Chest Tombs About 7 Metres East of the North Transept of the Church of All Saints is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. A C18 Tomb.
Frith and Osborne Chest Tombs About 7 Metres East of the North Transept of the Church of All Saints
- WRENN ID
- ruined-mullion-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells MP: Mike Martin (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 August 1990
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 679 417
- Coordinates
- 51.15009, 0.40044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Frith and Osborne chest tombs are located about 7 meters east of the north transept of the Church of All Saints. These two chest tombs date from the late 18th century and are made of freestone. The western chest is rectangular with an oversailing lid, featuring moulded panels on the long sides. It commemorates John Frith, who died in 1769. The taller chest tomb to the east has a plinth, moulded corner balusters, and an oversailing lid, commemorating Edward Osborne, who died in 1790.
Local climate
Frith and Osborne Chest Tombs About 7 Metres East of the North Transept of the Church of All Saints 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 lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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