Tomb Chest 5 Metres South of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Tomb.
Tomb Chest 5 Metres South of Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- steep-pavement-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 945 992
- Coordinates
- 50.78285, -3.49681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century tomb chest located 5 metres south of the Parish Church in Rewe. It is made of volcanic ashlar and features a trap moulded slab on a chamfered cornice. The inscription on the tomb chest has been obliterated, and the chest itself is unadorned.
Local climate
Tomb Chest 5 Metres South of Parish Church receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 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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