Mortimer Tomb Chest 4 Metres West of Culm Davy Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1987. Tomb chest.
Mortimer Tomb Chest 4 Metres West of Culm Davy Chapel
- WRENN ID
- carved-gallery-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- ST 123 150
- Coordinates
- 50.92823, -3.24785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mortimer tomb chest, located 4 metres west of Culm Davy Chapel, is a Grade II listed structure commemorating Hugh Mortimer, who died in 1807. This stone chest features panelled sides and fluted clasping pilasters, topped with a hipped slab.
Local climate
Mortimer Tomb Chest 4 Metres West of Culm Davy Chapel 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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