Chest Tomb, 25 Metres South West of Church of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Mole Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb, 25 Metres South West of Church of St John
- WRENN ID
- muffled-pedestal-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mole Valley
- Constituency
- Dorking and Horley MP: Chris Coghlan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 125 479
- Coordinates
- 51.21969, -0.38997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 25 metres southwest of the Church of St. John, dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century. It is made of stone with a darker stone lid and tapers towards the base, featuring projecting north and south sides. The top of the tomb is adorned with foliate carving and a winged cherub's head. The angles are supported by panelled piers, and there are cartouches on the east and west ends, with the one on the east being more elaborate. The tomb is surrounded by an iron railing, which has urn finials at the angles and the centre of the north and south sides.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, 25 Metres South West of Church of St John receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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