Langdon and Heathfield Chest Tombs About 3 Metres North West of East End of Aisle of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1987. Tomb.
Langdon and Heathfield Chest Tombs About 3 Metres North West of East End of Aisle of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- tenth-granite-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 956 222
- Coordinates
- 50.99022, -3.48781
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Langdon and Heathfield chest tombs are located about 3 metres northwest of the east end of the aisle of St Michael and All Angels. The Langdon chest tomb, dating from the early 19th century, is a rectangular structure with a plinth and an oversailing lid. The earliest legible inscription commemorates Mary Langdon, who died in 1829. The railings are missing.
To the north, there is a medieval-style coped chest tomb with a plinth and an ornamental cross carved in relief on the lid. This tomb has inscriptions on the side, with the earliest commemorating Thomas Heathfield, who died in 1847. However, the style suggests it may date from the 1870s. An inscription on the south side commemorates John Edwards, who died in 1874. The railings for this tomb are also missing.
Local climate
Langdon and Heathfield Chest Tombs About 3 Metres North West of East End of Aisle of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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