Unidentified Chest Tomb and Railings Approximately 12 Metres East South East Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Chest tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb and Railings Approximately 12 Metres East South East Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- frozen-landing-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 727 567
- Coordinates
- 50.39681, -3.79166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb from around the mid-19th century, located approximately 12 metres east-southeast of the Church of St Mary in Diptford. The tomb is made of limestone and features panelled sides with a moulded lid that has an illegible, worn inscription. Surrounding the tomb are iron railings that include year heads on the shafts and cast iron moulded standards at the corners and in the centre of the long sides. The railings are topped with cast iron urns that have ring handles.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb and Railings Approximately 12 Metres East South East 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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