Chest Tomb to Cridge Family Approximately 9 Metres South West of South West Corner of West Tower to Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Cridge Family Approximately 9 Metres South West of South West Corner of West Tower to Church of St John the Baptist
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 687 329
- Coordinates
- 51.08082, -3.87544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb from the early 19th century, located approximately 9 metres south-west of the south-west corner of the west tower of the Church of St John the Baptist. It features a slate slab resting on a brick base. The head of the slate slab has incised decoration and includes the verse "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." The tomb bears an inscription for John Cridge of Whilcombe, who died in 1823, and his wife, who died in 1837.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Cridge Family Approximately 9 Metres South West of South West Corner of West Tower to Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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