Mander Chest Tomb About 25 Metres North of West Tower of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1985. Chest tomb.
Mander Chest Tomb About 25 Metres North of West Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- ancient-gateway-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 773 075
- Coordinates
- 50.85406, -3.74451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mander chest tomb, located about 25 metres north of the west tower of the Church of St Mary, dates from around 1827. It serves as a memorial to James Mander of Churston Ferriers, who died in 1827. The tomb is made of Portland stone and white marble, featuring a rectangular shape with a moulded base and a soffit-moulded flat lid. The sides of the tomb have sunken panels of white marble, which are surrounded by hollow-chamfered edges. James Mander is commemorated on the north side of the tomb.
Local climate
Mander Chest Tomb About 25 Metres North of West Tower of Church of St Mary 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 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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