Tomb Chest by North East Gate of Churchyard of St Mary's Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Tomb chest.
Tomb Chest by North East Gate of Churchyard of St Mary's Church
- WRENN ID
- tenth-chancel-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Tomb chest
- Address
- Tomb Chest by North East Gate of Churchyard of St Mary's Church, Trinity Square, Axminster
- OS grid reference
- SY 296 985
- Coordinates
- 50.78198, -2.99909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a stone tomb chest located by the north east gate of the churchyard of St Mary's Church in Axminster. It dates from 1822 and is dedicated to Francis. The tomb chest features balusters recessed into the corners and oval panelled sides that contain inscriptions. It is notable for being the only gravestone in the churchyard.
Local climate
Tomb Chest by North East Gate of Churchyard of St Mary's Church receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Tomb Circa 5 Metres to East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- 2 Unidentified Monument, in the Churchyard and 5 Metres South of Nave of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 3 Langford Monument, in the Churchyard and 1 Metre South of Tower of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- 4 Chest Tomb Approximately 38 Metres East of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary
- 5 Tomb Chest of 0.5 Metres West of Porch of Church of St Mary
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings
Nearby listed buildings
- Jubilee Fountain
- War Memorial in Churchyard North of St Mary's Church
- Premises and R A and C Snell Estate Agents
- The Old Registry Office
- Church of St Mary
- Premises of E Cubley and New Commercial Hotel
- Premises of Gribble Booth and Taylor, and Lynton House
- Premises of M W Pike and Co, J O Llewelyn Ltd and Gills
- Premises of Nss Newsagent
- Conservative Club and Thomas Whitty House