Davey Chest Tomb About 10 Metres North-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.
Davey Chest Tomb About 10 Metres North-West Tower of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- high-quartz-grain
- 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 772 074
- Coordinates
- 50.85395, -3.74464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Davey chest tomb, located about 10 metres north-west of the tower of the Church of St Mary, is a memorial dating from around 1837 to John Davey, who died in that year. It is made of Portland stone and white marble, featuring a rectangular shape with a moulded base and a flat lid that has a soffit-moulded design. The sides of the tomb have sunken panels of white marble, each surrounded by hollow-chamfered edges. The south side commemorates John Davey, while other family members are remembered on the east and northern sides.
Local climate
Davey Chest Tomb About 10 Metres North-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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