Venn Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South of Nave 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.
Venn Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South of Nave of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- 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
- 50.80832, -3.29481
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Venn chest tomb, dated 1792, is located approximately 7 metres south of the nave of the Church of St Mary. It commemorates Thomas and Harriet Venn. The tomb is made of limestone ashlar and has a rectangular shape. Its flat lid features moulded edges, and the chest rests on a hollow chamfered plinth. The southern long sides have a simple rectangular panel inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, detailing the deaths of Thomas and Harriet Venn (1781 and 1782, respectively). The ends of the tomb are also inscribed with the deaths of other members of the Venn family.
Local climate
Venn Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South of Nave 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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