Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East 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. Monument.

Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
tall-stronghold-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Devon
Constituency
Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1988
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
ST 169 067
Coordinates
50.8544, -3.18155
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an illegible chest tomb located approximately 5 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. It dates from the 18th to early 19th century and is made of hamstone. The tomb has a rectangular shape and features a soffit-moulded lid with a low-pitched ridge. The plinth is now buried, and the long sides are flanked by fluted pilasters. The panel on the south side has an inscription in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, including some italics, but it is so lightly incised that it is illegible except in perfect lighting conditions.

Local climate

Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres East 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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