Elizabeth Williams Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Tomb.
Elizabeth Williams Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-alcove-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 911 734
- Coordinates
- 50.55091, -3.53826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elizabeth Williams chest tomb, located about 15 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist, is a chest tomb from the late 19th century made of Portland stone. It features a sarcophagus resting on moulded feet and has a coped lid. The inscription on the tomb commemorates Elizabeth Williams, who died in 1857.
Local climate
Elizabeth Williams Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St John the Baptist 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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