Culme Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Aisle of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. Tomb.
Culme Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Aisle of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- watchful-jamb-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 076 166
- Coordinates
- 50.94144, -3.31641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Culme chest tomb, dated 1663, is located approximately 15 metres south of the aisle of the Church of St Mary in Burlescombe. This large chest tomb is constructed with a grey basalt lid and purple volcanic ashlar for the rest of the structure. The flat soffit moulded lid features sides that are divided into three panels by piers of projecting fillets, with each panel displaying a projecting oval medallion. The tomb includes a moulded frieze and rests on a moulded plinth. The top of the lid is adorned with a carved coat of arms and an inscription in neat Roman serif capitals, commemorating the death of Benjamin Culme in 1663.
Local climate
Culme Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Aisle of Church of St Mary receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% 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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