Ashwick Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1987. A C18 Monument, chest tomb.
Ashwick Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1987
- Type
- Monument, chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 801 662
- Coordinates
- 50.48382, -3.6912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ashwick chest tomb, located approximately 5 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Peter and St Paul, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1771. It is constructed from small dressed limestone blocks and features a slate memorial slab set into the front. The slab bears an inscription in memory of Edward Ashwick, who was associated with Ashwick House.
Local climate
Ashwick Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Peter and St Paul 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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