Wrich Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. Tomb.
Wrich Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- sacred-grate-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 108 994
- Coordinates
- 50.78761, -3.26571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wrich chest tomb, located approximately 7 metres northeast of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1699 in memory of Mary Wrich. It is constructed from limestone ashlar and has a rectangular shape, resting on a moulded plinth. The lid features a soffit-moulded design with a low-pitched ridge along the top. The sides of the tomb are adorned with bead-moulded panels. Notably, the south side is inscribed with large rustic Roman serif upper and lower case letters, commemorating the death of Mary Wrich in 1699.
Local climate
Wrich Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew 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 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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