Burough Chest Tomb Approximately 500mm East of South Aisle of the Church of St Lawrence is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Burough Chest Tomb Approximately 500mm East of South Aisle of the Church of St Lawrence
- WRENN ID
- waiting-gable-azure
- 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 204 934
- Coordinates
- 50.73503, -3.12822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burough chest tomb, located approximately 500mm east of the south aisle of the Church of St Lawrence, dates from 1665 and commemorates Grace Burough. It is constructed of Beerstone ashlar and flint rubble. The tomb has a rectangular shape and features a flat lid with a soffit-moulded design. The plinth is buried, and the chest is made of flint rubble. On the south side, there is a rectangular Beerstone plaque inscribed with Roman serif capital letters, which records the death of Grace Burough in 1665.
Local climate
Burough Chest Tomb Approximately 500mm East of South Aisle of the Church of St Lawrence 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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