Tomb Chest 12 Metres South-South-East of Sowton Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. Tomb.
Tomb Chest 12 Metres South-South-East of Sowton Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- blind-forge-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 976 925
- Coordinates
- 50.72318, -3.45192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tomb chest, located 12 metres south-south-east of Sowton Parish Church, dates from 1734. It is made of stone and features depressed panels on its sides and ends. The lid is bolection moulded and has a Latin inscription, although the name is indecipherable. The tomb chest also has a moulded plinth. It is possible that the chest itself was made later than the lid.
Local climate
Tomb Chest 12 Metres South-South-East of Sowton Parish Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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