Hawker Chest Tomb and Railings Approximately 750mm South of the 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 16 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Hawker Chest Tomb and Railings Approximately 750mm South of the Nave of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- proud-trefoil-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 168 067
- Coordinates
- 50.85427, -3.18203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hawker chest tomb and railings, located approximately 750mm south of the nave of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1727 in memory of James Hawker. It is made of beerstone ashlar and has a rectangular shape. The tomb rests on a moulded plinth and features a thick soffit-moulded lid. The sides of the tomb are panelled, with a heraldic cartouche on the south side situated between two panels. These panels are inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering; the left panel notes the death of James Hawker in 1727, while the right panel lists the deaths of some of his relatives. The chest tomb is surrounded by 19th-century wrought iron railings.
Local climate
Hawker Chest Tomb and Railings Approximately 750mm South of the Nave of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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