Chest Tomb Approx 8m South of Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approx 8m South of Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- dusk-rubblework-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 773 935
- Coordinates
- 50.72858, -3.73944
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 8 meters south of the porch of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, is likely from the late 17th century. It is made of granite ashlar and has a rectangular shape with a moulded plinth and a soffit-moulded lid. The lid has weathered significantly, rendering the inscription illegible, but a recessed shield with bas-relief arms can still be discerned below the inscription. The long sides of the tomb are plain, while both ends feature square recessed panels adorned with bas-relief carvings. The east panel displays a diagonal cross with arrow-head ends above a roundel with a dimpled top, accompanied by a small heart above and a small roundel below. The west panel features an oval with simple facial features alongside another diagonal cross with arrow-head ends, both positioned over scrolls.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approx 8m South of Porch of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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