Shore Chest Tomb Approximately 25 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. A Georgian Tomb.
Shore Chest Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- heavy-lintel-birch
- 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
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SY 080 851
- Coordinates
- 50.6584, -3.30268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shore chest tomb, located approximately 25 metres south of the tower of the Church of St Michael in Otterton, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1822 in memory of William Shore. Made of limestone ashlar, the chest tomb features a flat lid that is moulded around the edges and rests on a moulded plinth. Each corner has quarter round columns with moulded caps and bases. The long sides of the tomb are adorned with panels that have bead-moulded surrounds, flanked by beaded upright strips. The panels include concave corners filled with sunbursts. The north-facing panel features an inscription, with the first line in Gothic capitals and the remainder in Roman upper and lower case lettering, commemorating the death of William Shore in 1822.
Local climate
Shore Chest Tomb Approximately 25 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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