Chest Tomb in St Marys Churyard, About 7 Metres South West of South Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. A Restoration Tomb.
Chest Tomb in St Marys Churyard, About 7 Metres South West of South Porch
- WRENN ID
- guardian-iron-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Restoration
- OS grid reference
- SX 799 726
- Coordinates
- 50.54137, -3.69543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1677, is located in the churchyard of St Mary's, about 7 metres southwest of the south porch. It is constructed from granite ashlar and features a rectangular shape made of large stone slabs. The tomb has a chamfered plinth and a moulded capstone, which bears an illegible inscription on its top.
Local climate
Chest Tomb in St Marys Churyard, About 7 Metres South West of South Porch 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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