Whiteway Chest Tomb About 11 Metres North of the West Wall of the Tower of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Whiteway Chest Tomb About 11 Metres North of the West Wall of the Tower of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- tall-jade-nightshade
- 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 871 728
- Coordinates
- 50.54478, -3.59422
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Whiteway chest tomb, located about 11 metres north of the west wall of the tower of the Church of St Michael, dates from the mid-19th century. It is made of freestone and features a hollow-chamfered plinth, an oversailing lid, and reeded corner pilasters. The earliest inscription on the lid is illegible, while a later inscription on the north side commemorates Walter Whiteway, who died in 185- (the last figure is illegible). The chest tomb was previously surrounded by iron railings.
Local climate
Whiteway Chest Tomb About 11 Metres North of the West Wall of the Tower of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% 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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