Main Chest Tomb Approximately 18 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1987. Tomb.
Main Chest Tomb Approximately 18 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- sunken-wattle-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 080 851
- Coordinates
- 50.65851, -3.30268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The main chest tomb, located approximately 18 metres south of the tower of the Church of St Michael in Otterton, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1770. It commemorates John and Agnes Main and is made of limestone ashlar. The tomb features a flat lid with a moulded edge, resting on a moulded plinth. Each long side has two panels separated by a fluted flat pilaster, with similar clasping pilasters at each corner. The northern panels are inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The left panel notes the deaths of John and Agnes Main in 1763 and 1770, while the right panel lists the deaths of other family members from the late 18th century and early 19th century.
Local climate
Main Chest Tomb Approximately 18 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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