Wicare Chest Tomb Approximately 13 Metres South East of Aisle of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. A C17 Chest tomb.
Wicare Chest Tomb Approximately 13 Metres South East of Aisle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-bonework-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 076 166
- Coordinates
- 50.94155, -3.3162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wicare chest tomb, located approximately 13 metres southeast of the aisle of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1638 in memory of Peter Wicare. It is constructed from hamstone ashlar and features a flat soffit-moulded lid with plain sides, resting on a moulded plinth. The southern long side of the tomb is inscribed in neat Roman serif capitals, commemorating the death of Peter Wicare in 1638.
Local climate
Wicare Chest Tomb Approximately 13 Metres South East of Aisle of Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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