Wheaton Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Wheaton Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- old-copper-sienna
- 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 172 964
- Coordinates
- 50.7617, -3.17505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wheaton chest tomb, located approximately 3 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Michael, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1805 in memory of William Wheaton. It is made of Beerstone ashlar and has a rectangular plan. The flat lid features moulded edges and the tomb rests on a moulded plinth.
On the south side, there are two panels with bead-moulded surrounds, each inscribed in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, recording the deaths of William Wheaton, one in 1803 and the other in 1805. The north side displays an earlier slab of Beerstone, reused from an older tomb, flanked by two narrow panels. This slab is inscribed in Gothic lettering and commemorates Thomas Hendo, who died in 1610. It is believed that this refers to Thomas Haydon, known for the significant late 16th-century refurbishment of Poltimore Farmhouse.
Local climate
Wheaton Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Michael 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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