Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 9 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 August 1990. Tomb.
Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 9 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket
- WRENN ID
- tall-barrel-ebony
- 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 637 445
- Coordinates
- 51.17646, 0.34131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb dated 1768, located approximately 9 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Thomas a Becket. The tomb features walls made of red brick in English bond, while the east end has a sandstone plaque. The flat lid of the tomb is made of sandstone and has square sides, except for the east end, which projects further and has a soffit-chamfered edge. The east end plaque is inscribed with barely legible Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the death of Elizabeth, wife of Richard (?), in 1768.
Local climate
Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 9 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Thomas A Becket receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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