Tomb Chest 2 Metres North East of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1984. Tomb chest.
Tomb Chest 2 Metres North East of Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- mired-buttress-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1984
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- SX 939 980
- Coordinates
- 50.77202, -3.50495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tomb chest, located 2 metres north-east of the parish church, dates from 1789 and commemorates Elizabeth and Henry T Ellacombe. It features a heraldic device on the east side set in a recessed panel, with two fielded panels on each side. The west end contains a panel with an inscription, and there is also an inscription on the lid.
Local climate
Tomb Chest 2 Metres North East of Parish Church receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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