Pair of Ham Chest Tombs Approximately 4 Metres North-West of the Tower of the Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Tomb.
Pair of Ham Chest Tombs Approximately 4 Metres North-West of the Tower of the Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- outer-merlon-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 204 933
- Coordinates
- 50.73467, -3.12858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of chest tombs located approximately 4 metres north-west of the tower of the Church of St Lawrence. One tomb is dated 1752 and commemorates Richard Ham, while the other is dated 1667 in memory of Andrew Ham. Both tombs are made of Beerstone ashlar and are set close together, sharing a similar design. They are rectangular in shape, resting on moulded plinths with flat lids; the northern tomb (Andrew Ham) features a lid with moulded edges. Each tomb is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case letters. On the south side of the southern tomb, there is a rectangular plaque that stands proud of the main chest, inscribed with the details of Richard Ham's death in 1752. The north side of the northern tomb has an inscription recording Andrew Ham's death in 1667. Additionally, both tombs include inscriptions that commemorate other members of the Ham family.
Local climate
Pair of Ham Chest Tombs Approximately 4 Metres North-West of the Tower of the Church of St Lawrence receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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