Chest Tomb About 32 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 27 January 1989. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 32 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- peeling-parapet-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 102 047
- Coordinates
- 50.8352, -3.27638
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, made of Ham Hill stone, is located about 32 metres northeast of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew in Broadhembury. It features a rectangular shape with large fielded panels on each side and narrow vertical panels at each end of the long sides. The inscription on the tomb is illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 32 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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- 2 Unidentified Chest Tomb in Churchyard, 7 Metres North of North Transept-Choir, Church of St Andrew
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- 4 Unidentified Monument in Churchyard, About 4 Metres West of Nave, Church of St Andrew
- 5 Unidentified Chest Tomb, 7 Metres South of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of Saint Mary
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