Stranger and Sweet Chest Tombs Including Boundary Railings Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1986. Tomb.
Stranger and Sweet Chest Tombs Including Boundary Railings Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- dark-tower-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 719 039
- Coordinates
- 50.82128, -3.81884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two adjoining chest tombs located approximately 20 meters south of the Church of St Peter in Zeal Monachorum. One tomb is dated 1811 and commemorates Richard Stranger, while the other, dated 1851, is in memory of John Sweet. Both tombs are surrounded by mid-19th century railings.
The Stranger chest tomb, situated to the north, is made of brick and features a plain Portland stone lid. The lid is inscribed in bold serif capitals, noting the death of Richard Stranger in 1811, along with that of his infant son who also died that year. The Sweet chest tomb, located to the south, is constructed entirely of Portland stone. It has a moulded plinth, a low-pitched hipped lid, and pilasters at each corner. The east end of this tomb is inscribed in plain capitals and serif italics, preceded by the Gothic word 'sacred', recording the death of John Sweet of Burstone in 1851. Both tombs are enclosed by cast-iron spear railings, which feature corner shafts topped with vase caps.
Local climate
Stranger and Sweet Chest Tombs Including Boundary Railings Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Peter 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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