Tomb Chest of Drue Family in Churchyard 10m South East of Denbury Church Porch is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Tomb. 1 related planning application.

Tomb Chest of Drue Family in Churchyard 10m South East of Denbury Church Porch

WRENN ID
open-roof-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1984
Type
Tomb
Address
Tomb Chest of Drue Family in Churchyard 10m South East of Denbury Church Porch, Denbury and Torbryan, TQ12 6DH
OS grid reference
SX 823 688
Coordinates
50.5074, -3.66002
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tomb chest of the Drue family is located in the churchyard, approximately ten metres southeast of the porch of Denbury Church. This stone tomb chest, which has some brick repairs, dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century. The top features a slab or local 'marble' that commemorates Benjamin Due Senior, who was buried in 1696, his wife Rebekah, who was buried in 1684, and their children. On the west end of the chest, there is a small slab made of the same stone, inscribed with the words: "Here lyeth him and all that was deare unto his parents three and twenty year/Then all you that are young and do pas by remember all-that you must die/B.D."

Local climate

Tomb Chest of Drue Family in Churchyard 10m South East of Denbury Church 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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