Group of 3 Madge Chest Tombs and A Headstone Immediately East of the South Aisle of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1989. Tomb.
Group of 3 Madge Chest Tombs and A Headstone Immediately East of the South Aisle of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- third-gutter-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Group of 3 Madge Chest Tombs and A Headstone Immediately East of the South Aisle of the Church of St Michael, Gittisham
- OS grid reference
- SY 133 983
- Coordinates
- 50.77831, -3.22985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs and a headstone, located immediately east of the south aisle of the Church of St Michael. They commemorate members of the Madge family and date from the 19th century. Each of the three coped chests features a roll moulding, which is floriated at each end. The southernmost chest commemorates Sarah Madge, who died in 1854, along with other members of the Madge family. The northernmost chest commemorates Mary Madge, who died in 1855, although the inscription on this chest is illegible. The headstone, which has a shaped head, commemorates John Madge, who died in 1835.
Local climate
Group of 3 Madge Chest Tombs and A Headstone Immediately East of the South Aisle of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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