Farmer Chest Tomb 9 Metres South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 1987. Tomb.
Farmer Chest Tomb 9 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tattered-bastion-tarn
- 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
- OS grid reference
- ST 135 132
- Coordinates
- 50.91218, -3.23047
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Farmer chest tomb, located 9 metres south of the Church of St Mary in Hemyock, is a Grade II listed structure dedicated to John Farmer, who died in 1767. It is made of Ham Hill stone and features fielded panels on each side and at both ends, with panelled pilasters only on the sides. The memorial inscriptions are rendered in script with lead paint, and the tomb is topped with a hipped slab.
Local climate
Farmer Chest Tomb 9 Metres South of 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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