Borrington Chest Tomb About 5 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Borrington Chest Tomb About 5 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- far-basalt-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 893 773
- Coordinates
- 50.58568, -3.56372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Borrington chest tomb, located about 5 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St Mary, dates from the 16th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and features an oversailing chamfered granite lid. The inscription on the tomb commemorates Humphry Borrington and describes the Borrington Charity, which was granted in 1589. According to the Ideford and Luton Guide, the tomb actually belongs to Humphry's father, Bartholomew, and the inscription was added later. The charity associated with the tomb was disbursed from it.
Local climate
Borrington Chest Tomb About 5 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Mary 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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