Tomb of Elizabeth Howard South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Churchyard tomb.
Tomb of Elizabeth Howard South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Churchyard tomb
- Address
- Tomb of Elizabeth Howard South of Church of St Mary, Berry Pomeroy
- OS grid reference
- SX 828 609
- Coordinates
- 50.43702, -3.65032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Elizabeth Howard, located south of the Church of St Mary, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1810. It is designed as a small ashlar pyramid, featuring flush triangular inscription plaques on each side, although only the east side contains an inscription. The tomb stands on a chamfered plinth and has a small socket hole at the apex, which likely once held a finial.
Local climate
Tomb of Elizabeth Howard South of Church of St Mary receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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