Browne Tomb Chest 5 Metres West of Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. A C19 Tomb chest.
Browne Tomb Chest 5 Metres West of Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- old-glass-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- SS 956 027
- Coordinates
- 50.81528, -3.48259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Browne tomb chest, located 5 metres west of the Parish Church in Silverton, dates from 1833. It is constructed from volcanic trap and limestone. The tomb features a moulded plinth and slab, with fielded inscription panels on each side and at each end. Additionally, it has corner clasping pilasters topped with moulded capitals.
Local climate
Browne Tomb Chest 5 Metres West of Parish Church receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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