Quartly Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South of Porch of Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Chest tomb.
Quartly Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South of Porch of Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- fossil-spindle-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 807 283
- Coordinates
- 51.04236, -3.70183
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Quartly chest tomb, located approximately 6 metres south of the porch of the Church of Saint Mary, is a Grade II listed structure. Likely dating from the late 18th century, it features a base made of sandstone ashlar with a chamfered plinth and a slate top. The tomb has an inscription in both upper and lower case, using italic serif lettering, which commemorates members of the Quartly family who passed away between 1793 and 1856.
Local climate
Quartly Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South of Porch of Church of Saint Mary receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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