Chest Tomb 20 Yards South of the West End of Church of St Margaret is a Grade II listed building in the Reigate and Banstead local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb 20 Yards South of the West End of Church of St Margaret

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Reigate and Banstead
Constituency
Reigate MP: Rebecca Paul (Con)
Country
England
Type
Chest tomb
OS grid reference
TQ 283 563
Coordinates
51.29211, -0.16094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, dating from the late 18th century, is located 20 yards south of the west end of the Church of St. Margaret. It features a rectangular stone panelled base with flanking angle scrolls and a panelled top adorned with armorial crests at either end. The tomb is topped with a globe set in a shell socket. The inscription is mostly illegible, but it includes a date of death from 1768. The tomb has group value with the Church of St. Margaret.

Local climate

Chest Tomb 20 Yards South of the West End of Church of St Margaret receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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