Chest Tomb and Railings About 6 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Bartholomew is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb and Railings About 6 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Bartholomew
- WRENN ID
- grey-chapel-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 914 079
- Coordinates
- 50.86038, -3.54428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb and its railings are located about 6 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Bartholomew. Dating from around the mid-19th century, the tomb is made of brick and features a plain, oversailing lid, although the inscription was illegible at the time of the survey. The rectangular chest is enclosed by iron railings that stand on a stone plinth, which is adorned with ball finials at the corners and in the center of each side.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and Railings About 6 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Bartholomew 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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