Mary Peard Chest Tomb in the Churchyard of Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 2000. Tomb.
Mary Peard Chest Tomb in the Churchyard of Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- solitary-flint-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 2000
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Mary Peard Chest Tomb in the Churchyard of Church of St George, Fore Street, Tiverton
- OS grid reference
- SS 954 124
- Coordinates
- 50.90223, -3.48851
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mary Peard chest tomb, located in the churchyard of the Church of St George in Tiverton, dates from around 1780 and was restored in 1968. It is made of Portland stone and features a marble lid. The chest has fielded panels on its sides and ends, and it is inscribed with the text: 'The family tomb of Mary Peard dated 31 December 1780 was restored in 1968 by the Mary Peard Trust'. There is also a decayed inscription on the lid and additional inscriptions for William Dickinson, who died in 1955, and his wife, who died in 1867. Mary Peard is noted for having donated £1,000 to the Church of St George.
Local climate
Mary Peard Chest Tomb in the Churchyard of Church of St George receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 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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