Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres North West of Church of St Swithun is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres North West of Church of St Swithun
- WRENN ID
- roaming-pier-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 828 025
- Coordinates
- 50.81051, -3.66427
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest-tomb, located approximately 15 meters north-west of the Church of St Swithun, dates from around 1834. It is made of Portland stone ashlar with Beer stone panels and is designed in a Neoclassical style. The tomb has a rectangular shape and sits on a stepped plinth with a hollow moulded base. The lid features a reverse-scrolled pediment topped with a scrolled acroterion on a panelled plinth. Each side of the tomb has a recessed Beer stone panel, which includes a shallow sunken panel with a double-rebated surround. An inscription on the south face commemorates Percival Swan Esq, an Irish landowner who passed away at his residence in Dix's Field, Exeter, in 1834. The east side of the tomb displays a heraldic achievement in bas-relief.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres North West of Church of St Swithun receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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