Chest Tomb About 12 Metres East of the South Aisle of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1989. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb About 12 Metres East of the South Aisle of the Church of St Michael

WRENN ID
idle-screen-rye
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
OS grid reference
SY 133 983
Coordinates
50.7783, -3.22971
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located about 12 metres east of the south aisle of the Church of St Michael, dates from the 1860s and is made of freestone. It features a coped design with a roll moulding along the apex and foliated crosses at both ends. The inscription on the tomb is currently illegible.

Local climate

Chest Tomb About 12 Metres East of the South Aisle of the 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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