Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres North of Church of St Michael the Archangel is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1996. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres North of Church of St Michael the Archangel
- WRENN ID
- fossil-moulding-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1996
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 943 730
- Coordinates
- 50.5476, -3.49218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb is located approximately 7 meters north of the Church of St Michael the Archangel in Teignmouth. It commemorates Sir John Strachan Bart, who died in 1814, his wife Elizabeth who died in 1837, and their daughter Jane Elizabeth who died in 1817. The tomb is made of freestone and features a hipped top with sides that taper down to a moulded base. It has reeded pilasters at the corners and raised panels with concave corners on three sides. The east end, which has been repaired, is missing its panel.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres North of Church of St Michael the Archangel receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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