Thorn Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Thorn Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- low-plaster-woodpecker
- 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 206 021
- Coordinates
- 50.8138, -3.12789
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thorn chest tomb, located approximately 4 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Michael, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1702 in memory of John Thorn. It is made of Beerstone ashlar and features a chest tomb design with a very thick soffit-moulded flat lid. Each long side of the tomb has a central rectangular panel flanked by pilasters, which are intricately carved with flowers and have cross hatching behind the stems. The south-facing panel is inscribed with Roman serif capitals, commemorating the death of John Thorn in 1702.
Local climate
Thorn Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of the Porch of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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