Code Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of Newhouse Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1988. A Late 17th century Chest tomb.
Code Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of Newhouse Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- young-column-mallow
- 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
- Period
- Late 17th century
- OS grid reference
- ST 196 099
- Coordinates
- 50.88371, -3.14331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Code chest tomb, located approximately 2 meters south of Newhouse Baptist Church, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1698 in memory of Nicholas Code. It is made of hamstone and has a rectangular shape with plain sides and a soffit-moulded flat lid. The plinth is buried. The southern long side features an inscription in Gothic lettering that commemorates the death of Nicholas Code in 1698. It is believed that Nicholas Code, who lived at nearby Moonhayes Farmhouse, donated the site for the Baptist Church.
Local climate
Code Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South of Newhouse Baptist Church 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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