Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1987. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- tall-lintel-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 856 687
- Coordinates
- 50.50731, -3.61447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from 1639, is located approximately 2 metres south-east of the chancel of the Church of St Mary in Abbotskerswell. It features limestone rubble sides and a slate lid. The lid is engraved with an inscription at the head and an epitaph below, both of which are virtually illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South-East of Chancel of Church of St Mary 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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