Chest Tomb About 7 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 7 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- riven-copper-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 942 071
- Coordinates
- 50.85431, -3.50402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 7 metres southeast of the porch of the Church of St Mary, dates from the early 17th century and is made of volcanic trap. It features a moulded oversailing lid with a Gothic inscription in relief on a frieze above the chest. Although the inscription is partly illegible, it was recorded by Beatrix Cresswell as commemorating Simon Pidsley, who died in 1609. This tomb is of high quality, and relief-carved lettering from the 17th century is a rare survival on memorials in the county.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 7 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Mary receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% 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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