Tedbury Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1987. Chest tomb.
Tedbury Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of Tower of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- sheer-beam-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 080 851
- Coordinates
- 50.65883, -3.30278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tedbury chest tomb, located approximately 4 metres south-east of the tower of the Church of St Michael in Otterton, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1863. It is built of limestone ashlar and features a chest tomb design with low-ridged lid moulded around the edges, standing on a moulded plinth. The corners of the tomb have slight chamfers, and each side is adorned with rectangular panels defined by shallow rebates. The long sides include large central panels flanked by narrow upright panels. The south side is inscribed in plain capital letters, commemorating Louisa Tedbury, who died in 1863, while the northern side lists the deaths of some of her relatives.
Local climate
Tedbury Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of Tower of Church of St Michael receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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