Chest Tomb 8 Yards South East of South Chapel 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 8 Yards South East of South Chapel of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- vacant-keep-dust
- 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
- 51.24128, -0.09909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 8 yards southeast of the south chapel of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, is dedicated to James Eldbrace, who died in 1815. It is made of stone and sits on a moulded stone plinth that tapers towards the base. The sides and ends feature raised oval panels with floral decorations at the corners. The tomb has tapering corner piers that are diagonally fluted and a flat lid. It is enclosed by an iron railing. The inscription on the tomb is partly illegible as noted during the last survey.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 8 Yards South East of South Chapel 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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