Chamberlain Chest Tomb About 7 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. A Early C19 Monument.
Chamberlain Chest Tomb About 7 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Michael and All Angels
- WRENN ID
- iron-gateway-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SS 910 049
- Coordinates
- 50.8336, -3.54781
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chamberlain chest tomb, located about 7 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, is a Grade II listed structure from the early 19th century. It features a brick chest topped with a stone lid. The rectangular chest has a simple oversailing lid, which bears an inscription commemorating Grace Chamberlain, who died in 1805, along with other family members.
Local climate
Chamberlain Chest Tomb About 7 Metres South East of Chancel of Church of St Michael and All Angels receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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