Chest Tomb Immediately South of the Church of St Nicholas is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1989. A C17 Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Immediately South of the Church of St Nicholas
- WRENN ID
- muted-cloister-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1989
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb Immediately South of the Church of St Nicholas, Combe Raleigh
- OS grid reference
- ST 158 023
- Coordinates
- 50.81434, -3.19575
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, located immediately south of the Church of St Nicholas, is likely from the 17th century. It is made of freestone, featuring large ashlar slabs on the south side and stone rubble on the north side. The tomb has a rectangular shape with a moulded oversailing lid and a corrugated stone frieze beneath the lid. There are remains of a black letter inscription on the west end, although the name is illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Immediately South of the Church of St Nicholas receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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