Singer Sarcophagus North East of Anglican Chapel at Torquay Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Torbay local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 May 1994. Sarcophagus.
Singer Sarcophagus North East of Anglican Chapel at Torquay Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- last-tallow-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torbay
- Constituency
- Torbay MP: Steve Darling (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 May 1994
- Type
- Sarcophagus
- Address
- Singer Sarcophagus North East of Anglican Chapel at Torquay Cemetery, Barton Road
- OS grid reference
- SX 906 660
- Coordinates
- 50.48414, -3.54297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Singer sarcophagus, located north-east of the Anglican Chapel at Torquay Cemetery, is a Grade II listed monument commemorating Isaac Merritt Singer, who died in 1875, along with other family members. It was signed by the Monumental Company from Kensal Green. The sarcophagus is made of white Italian marble and rests on a polished grey granite plinth with steps, enclosed by a fence of polished grey granite posts connected by chains. Designed in the Renaissance style, it features corbelled diagonal buttresses and a coped oversailing lid. The monument is richly adorned with carvings of passion flowers, corn stalks, and vines. Inscription panels are present on all four sides, framed with foliage carvings. This opulent structure honors the founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, who also financed the construction of Oldway in Paignton. It is reported to have cost 'several thousand pounds'.
Local climate
Singer Sarcophagus North East of Anglican Chapel at Torquay Cemetery receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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