Warring Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Plymouth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 November 1998. A C17 Tomb.
Warring Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin
- WRENN ID
- blind-chamber-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Plymouth
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 November 1998
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 537 563
- Coordinates
- 50.38837, -4.05868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Warring Tomb, located approximately 5 meters south of the Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin in Plympton, is a chest tomb dating from the 17th century. It commemorates William Warring of Colebrook, who died in 1672, his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1673, and their son John, who died in 1674. The tomb features inscribed initials "T H," which may belong to the mason. It is constructed from dressed coursed Plymouth limestone and has a projecting slate lid adorned with a skull and crossbones, and is rectangular in shape.
Local climate
Warring Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Mary Blessed Virgin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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