Burrington Chest Tomb About 6 Metres North of the Centre of the North Aisle of the Church of St. Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1987. Chest tomb.
Burrington Chest Tomb About 6 Metres North of the Centre of the North Aisle of the Church of St. Martin
- WRENN ID
- ancient-lantern-aspen
- 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
- OS grid reference
- SX 945 877
- Coordinates
- 50.67954, -3.4938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Burrington chest tomb, located about 6 metres north of the centre of the north aisle of the Church of St. Martin, dates from the 1870s. It is made of freestone and features a large chest with a hipped lid that oversails the chest. The tomb has corner shafts adorned with foliage capitals and recessed panels on the sides and ends. It commemorates members of the Burrington family, with the earliest recorded date of death being 1873.
Local climate
Burrington Chest Tomb About 6 Metres North of the Centre of the North Aisle of the Church of St. Martin 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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