Sowden Chest Tomb About 5 Metres East of the Transept of the Church of St Catherine of Alexandria is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.
Sowden Chest Tomb About 5 Metres East of the Transept of the Church of St Catherine of Alexandria
- WRENN ID
- guardian-nave-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 868 943
- Coordinates
- 50.73769, -3.60443
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sowdon chest tomb, located about 5 meters east of the transept of the Church of St Catherine of Alexandria, is a late 17th-century chest tomb. It is made of breccia stone and features a grey limestone lid that is chamfered. The lid bears an inscription commemorating Henry Sowdon, who died in 1679, along with a two-line verse below the first inscription. This tomb is notable for its early design and the interesting combination of stones used in its construction.
Local climate
Sowden Chest Tomb About 5 Metres East of the Transept of the Church of St Catherine of Alexandria receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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