Sarah Smith Chest Tomb Immediately West of the South Porch of the Church of St Clement is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. A Early C18 Chest tomb.
Sarah Smith Chest Tomb Immediately West of the South Porch of the Church of St Clement
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Sarah Smith Chest Tomb Immediately West of the South Porch of the Church of St Clement, Powderham
- OS grid reference
- SX 972 844
- Coordinates
- 50.6502, -3.45483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sarah Smith chest tomb, located immediately west of the south porch of the Church of St Clement, is an early 18th-century structure. It is made of red sandstone, granite, and freestone. The tomb is a low rectangular chest constructed from red sandstone and granite, featuring a plinth that oversails a freestone lid. The lid bears an inscription commemorating Sarah Smith, who died in 1727.
Local climate
Sarah Smith Chest Tomb Immediately West of the South Porch of the Church of St Clement receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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