Newton Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South West Corner of South Porch of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Newton Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South West Corner of South Porch of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula
- WRENN ID
- third-groin-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 586 462
- Coordinates
- 51.1983, -4.02493
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Newton chest tomb, located approximately 3 metres south of the south-west corner of the south porch of the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula in Combe Martin, is a mid-19th century chest tomb. It features a brick plinth topped with a slate slab, and has an anthemion motif at the top corners. The tomb bears an inscription dedicated to Mary Newton of the Kings Arms Hotel in Combe Martin, who died in Tavistock in 1844 while seeking a change of air, as well as to other members of her family.
Local climate
Newton Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres South of South West Corner of South Porch of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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