Horway Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Horway Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- little-rampart-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 169 067
- Coordinates
- 50.8543, -3.1817
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Horway chest tomb, located approximately 1 metre south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1730 in memory of Kezlah Horway. Made of hamstone, the chest tomb has a rectangular shape and features a soffit-moulded lid with a low-pitched ridge. The plinth is currently buried. Each side of the tomb has a panel with a moulded frame, and the long sides are flanked by pilasters, each carved with a vase of flowers. The north side is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, commemorating the death of Kezlah Horway in 1730.
Local climate
Horway Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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