Leigh Chest Tomb Adjacent to the South Side of Tower of Church of St Winifred is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Leigh Chest Tomb Adjacent to the South Side of Tower of Church of St Winifred
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-stone-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 195 884
- Coordinates
- 50.69018, -3.14029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Leigh chest tomb, dated 1787, is located adjacent to the south side of the tower of the Church of St. Winifred in Branscombe. This chest tomb is constructed from beerstone ashlar and features a plain base and a soffit-moulded flat lid. The sides are plain, with a shallow moulded frieze. On the south side, there is a central plaque that stands slightly proud from the main sides. This plaque is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, commemorating the death of Thomazine Leigh in 1787.
Local climate
Leigh Chest Tomb Adjacent to the South Side of Tower of Church of St Winifred 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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