Pair of chest tombs immediately south east of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury

The pair of chest tombs, located immediately southeast of the Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, date from the late 19th century and are made of stone and marble. The southern tomb commemorates James Duke Coleridge, who died in 1857. It features a rectangular stone slab with a cross, bible, and chalice carved in high relief on the top, along with an inscription around the side. James Duke Coleridge was the nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge and, like his brother Sir John Taylor Coleridge and other family members, played a significant role in the ecclesiological and Gothic revival in Devon.

The northern tomb is a coped marble chest tomb designed in the medieval Gothic style, with a foliated cross carved on the top. The inscription on the sides commemorates Philip Freeman, who was Archdeacon of Exeter and vicar of Thorverton, and died in 1875. Archdeacon Freeman was an antiquarian and author known for writing a history of Exeter Cathedral and for being one of the first scholars to make extensive use of the Cathedral Fabric Rolls.