Le Marchant Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of Rolle Mausoleum is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1987. Chest tomb.
Le Marchant Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of Rolle Mausoleum
- WRENN ID
- winding-corbel-dawn
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SY 072 857
- Coordinates
- 50.6639, -3.31329
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Le Marchant chest tomb, dated 1822, is located approximately 4 metres south-east of the Rolle Mausoleum in Bicton Park. This chest tomb is constructed from limestone ashlar and features a moulded plinth and lid, with the lid having a very low hipped and ridged top. Each corner of the tomb is adorned with a Doric quarter column. The long sides of the tomb display flat oval fielded panels with bead-moulded surrounds, while the ends have similar upright oval panels. The panels on the long sides are inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The south side commemorates the death of Joshua Le Marchant in 1822, and the north side includes inscriptions about some of his relatives.
Local climate
Le Marchant Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of Rolle Mausoleum 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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