Moncaster Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres North of Aisle of Church of St Gregory is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Tomb.
Moncaster Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres North of Aisle of Church of St Gregory
- WRENN ID
- unlit-pedestal-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 090 903
- Coordinates
- 50.70551, -3.289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Moncaster chest tomb, located approximately 3 metres north of the aisle of the Church of St Gregory, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1831 in memory of Elizabeth Moncaster. It is made of beerstone and features a rectangular shape with a flat lid that has moulded edges. The sides of the tomb are adorned with rectangular panels that are defined by sunken strips, and the edges have light chamfers. Each main panel on the sides is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, with some italics. The south side commemorates Elizabeth Moncaster, who died in 1831, while the other sides honor her relatives who passed away in the following decade.
Local climate
Moncaster Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres North of Aisle of Church of St Gregory 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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