Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres East of the Vestry 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. Chest tomb.
Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres East of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- 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 202 075
- Coordinates
- 50.86177, -3.13496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located approximately 6 metres east of the vestry of the Church of St Mary in Upottery. It dates from the late 17th century or 18th century and is made of hamstone. The tomb has a rectangular shape and rests on a moulded plinth. Its lid is soffit-moulded and features a low-pitched ridge on top. The sides of the tomb have rectangular panels with bead-moulded surrounds, with two panels on the long sides and one on each end. The west end panel and the western panel on the south side are inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, but the inscriptions are mostly illegible except in perfect lighting conditions. However, part of the inscription on the south side indicates "Martha, wife of Nicholas."
Local climate
Illegible Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres East of the Vestry of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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