Wish Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of the Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Tomb.
Wish Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of the Tower of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- solitary-quartz-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 March 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 172 964
- Coordinates
- 50.76171, -3.1747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wish chest tomb, dated 1767, is located approximately 2 metres south of the tower of the Church of St Michael in Farway. This chest tomb is built from Beerstone ashlar and has a rectangular shape, resting on a moulded plinth beneath a flat lid with richly moulded edges. It features clasping fluted pilasters at the corners and rectangular fielded panels on the sides. The north side of the tomb is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, including some italics, commemorating the deaths of William Wish in 1767, his wife Susanne in 1778, and their son William in 1788.
Local climate
Wish Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of the Tower of Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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