Blagdon Chest Tomb and Area Railings Adjoining South Side of Tower of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. A C19 Tomb, railing.
Blagdon Chest Tomb and Area Railings Adjoining South Side of Tower of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-hall-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1985
- Type
- Tomb, railing
- OS grid reference
- SS 833 106
- Coordinates
- 50.88353, -3.65972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blagdon chest tomb and area railings are located on the south side of the tower of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and date from around 1867. They were created in memory of Peter Blagdon. The tomb is made of granite and features cast iron railings. It has a rectangular shape with a chamfered plinth and a lid that has a low-pitch top hipped at each end. All sides of the tomb have recessed panels. The east end of the tomb commemorates Peter Blagdon's death in 1867 and also honors John Blagdon, who died in 1781. The cast iron railings are adorned with ornate fleur-de-lys finials and decorative corner posts, all set into granite coping that has weathered over time.
Local climate
Blagdon Chest Tomb and Area Railings Adjoining South Side of Tower of Church of St Thomas of Canterbury receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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