Ley Family Chest Tomb About 37 Metres North of the Stair Turret of the Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Tomb.
Ley Family Chest Tomb About 37 Metres North of the Stair Turret of the Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- standing-merlon-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 922 857
- Coordinates
- 50.66122, -3.5263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ley family chest tomb, located about 37 metres north of the stair turret of the Church of St Andrew, dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed from freestone and features a panelled sarcophagus with a coped lid. The sides of the tomb bear various inscriptions commemorating members of the Ley family, with the earliest memorial dating to 1850.
Local climate
Ley Family Chest Tomb About 37 Metres North of the Stair Turret of the Church of St Andrew 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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