Lippincott Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres West of Prescott Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Lippincott Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres West of Prescott Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- sharp-chalk-nightshade
- 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 091 143
- Coordinates
- 50.92117, -3.29428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lippincott chest tomb, dated 1753, is located approximately 4 metres west of Prescott Baptist Church. This chest tomb commemorates Mary Lippincott and is constructed from Beerstone ashlar. It has a rectangular shape and stands on a gadrooned base. The sides feature paneling adorned with a Vitruvian scroll frieze, while the lid is soffit-moulded and has a low-pitched ridge on top. Some panels are inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering. The left panel on the south side records the death of Mary Lippincott in 1753, and the right panel commemorates Elizabeth Lippincott, who died in 1760, along with other family members who passed away around that time. This monument is notable for being both unusually early and ornate for a Devon non-conformist tomb.
Local climate
Lippincott Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres West of Prescott Baptist Church 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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