Bird Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1987. Chest tomb.
Bird Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- worn-sentry-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 080 851
- Coordinates
- 50.65852, -3.30273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bird chest tomb, located approximately 15 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Michael in Otterton, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1791 in memory of John Bird. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a flat lid that is moulded around the edges, along with a moulded plinth. Each corner of the tomb is adorned with bold vase-shaped square-section columns. The sides of the tomb include fielded panels framed with bead-moulding. The north side bears an inscription in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, commemorating the death of John Bird in 1791. The tomb is surrounded by a stone kerb that contains settings for iron boundary railings, which are currently missing.
Local climate
Bird Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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