Lake Chest Tomb About 17m South West of the Tower of the Church of St. Ida is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1987. A C18 Tomb.
Lake Chest Tomb About 17m South West of the Tower of the Church of St. Ida
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-transept-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Lake Chest Tomb About 17m South West of the Tower of the Church of St. Ida, the Green, Ide
- OS grid reference
- SX 897 903
- Coordinates
- 50.70207, -3.56248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 17 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St. Ida. It dates from around the mid-19th century, but features a lid from the 18th century. The tomb is constructed of brick and has stone inscription panels set into the sides and the east end. The lid is made of granite and has a scratch-moulded border with an inscription that honors George Good, who died in 1747. The inscription panels on the sides and east end of the chest commemorate members of the Lake family, who died in 1856, 1898, and 1838.
Local climate
Lake Chest Tomb About 17m South West of the Tower of the Church of St. Ida receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Coplestone Headstone About 1.5m North East of the Chancel of the Church of St. Ida
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