Dommet Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre 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 8 March 1988. Chest tomb.

Dommet Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary

WRENN ID
strange-rubblework-briar
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 194 995
Coordinates
50.79015, -3.14345
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dommet chest tomb, located approximately 1 metre east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, is a chest tomb from the late 18th century to early 19th century, commemorating Samuel Dommet. It is made of beerstone and stands on a chamfered plinth, featuring a plain flat lid. The sides of the tomb have rectangular panels framed with double beading. The panel facing south includes an inscription in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, which records the death of Samuel Dommet and his wife. However, a section of the inscription has broken off, which included Mrs. Dommet's name and the years of their deaths.

Local climate

Dommet Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary 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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