Chest Tomb 15 Yards South West of Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Tandridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 15 Yards South West of Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-vault-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tandridge
- Constituency
- East Surrey MP: Claire Coutinho (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- TQ 327 508
- Coordinates
- 51.24118, -0.09966
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 15 yards southwest of the porch of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, dates from the late 18th century and is dedicated to Thomas H. It is constructed of stone on a stone plinth and features moulded panelled sides. The tomb has oval inscription panels adorned with fan decoration in the spandrels. It is supported by double fluted tapering piers at the corners and has a flat lid with a moulded edge. The inscription is partly illegible as noted during the last survey.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 15 Yards South West of Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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