Skinner Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. Chest tomb.
Skinner Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- buried-remnant-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 088 017
- Coordinates
- 50.80853, -3.29455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Skinner chest tomb, dated 1671, is located approximately 1.5 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary. This rectangular chest tomb is made of beerstone ashlar. It features a flat lid with a hollow-chamfered soffit, while any plinth is buried. The southern long side of the tomb is inscribed with Roman serif capitals, commemorating the death of Richard Skinner in 1671.
Local climate
Skinner Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary 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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