Group of 3 Shapland Chest Tombs About 7 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St George is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1988. Monuments.
Group of 3 Shapland Chest Tombs About 7 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St George
- WRENN ID
- standing-mantel-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1988
- Type
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SS 700 229
- Coordinates
- 50.99123, -3.85343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three chest tombs located about 7 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St George. They date from the late 19th century and are made of slate. The tombs are coffin-shaped with panelled sides and oversailing moulded lids, all dedicated to members of the Shapland family. The easternmost tomb commemorates Ann Shapland, who died in 1868. Among the pair to the east, the southern tomb commemorates George Shapland, who died in 1861, while the northern tomb is for Marianna Shapland, who died in 1872. This is an unusual grouping of tombs.
Local climate
Group of 3 Shapland Chest Tombs About 7 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St George 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% 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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