Hill Chest Tomb About 7m East of the Porch 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. Chest tomb.
Hill Chest Tomb About 7m East of the Porch of the Church of St. Ida
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-pilaster-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Hill Chest Tomb About 7m East of the Porch of the Church of St. Ida, the Green, Ide
- OS grid reference
- SX 897 903
- Coordinates
- 50.70205, -3.56218
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hill chest tomb, located about 7 meters east of the porch of the Church of St. Ida, is a chest tomb likely dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed from volcanic trap rubble and features a stone lid. The inscription on the lid commemorates (first name illegible) Hill and Mary Hill, along with two 18th-century dates.
Local climate
Hill Chest Tomb About 7m East of the Porch 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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- Nicks Headstone About 7m South East of Porch of St. Ida
- Parish Church of St. Ida
- Coplestone Headstone About 1.5m North East of the Chancel of the Church of St. Ida
- Browning Chest Tomb About 8m East of the Chancel of the Church of St. Ida
- Cooke Headstone About 7m East of the Chancel of St. Ida
- Lake Chest Tomb About 17m South West of the Tower of the Church of St. Ida
- Fryer Chest Tomb About 18m South West of East Churchyard Gate
- Lester Pedestal Memorial About 19m South West of Tower of the Church of St. Ida