Sarel Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Gregory is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1987. Tomb.
Sarel Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Gregory
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-spire-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 078 911
- Coordinates
- 50.71274, -3.30615
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sarel chest tomb, located approximately 1.5 metres south-east of the chancel of the Church of St. Gregory, is a rectangular chest tomb dated 1821, commemorating Richard and Elizabeth Sarel. The tomb features a flat lid with moulded edges and a plinth with a similar moulding. The corners are adorned with bead-moulding and are flanked by vertical bead-moulded strips. Each side of the tomb includes a panel defined by bead mouldings. The south side is inscribed, noting the death of Richard Sarel in 1816 and his wife Elizabeth in 1821.
Local climate
Sarel Chest Tomb Approximately 1.5 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Gregory 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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