Set of 3 Tomb Chests 10 Metres South-South-East of Sowton Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Tomb chest.
Set of 3 Tomb Chests 10 Metres South-South-East of Sowton Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- buried-rood-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- SX 976 925
- Coordinates
- 50.72323, -3.45193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a set of three identical tomb chests located 10 metres south-south-east of Sowton Parish Church. One of the tomb chests is dated to George Moore, who died in 1821. Each tomb chest is made of stone and features three panels on each side and one panel on either end, with indented corners. They have a moulded plinth and an unmoulded lid.
Local climate
Set of 3 Tomb Chests 10 Metres South-South-East of Sowton Parish Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- 4 Group of Four Tomb Chests Immediately East of St Margaret's Church
- 5 Moore Monument in the Churchyard, About 5m South of South Transept, Church of St Michael and All Angels
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