Ficklin Chest Tomb and Railings Immediately South of the South Side of Luton Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1988. Chest tomb and railings.
Ficklin Chest Tomb and Railings Immediately South of the South Side of Luton Chapel
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-plinth-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb and railings
- Address
- Ficklin Chest Tomb and Railings Immediately South of the South Side of Luton Chapel, Bishopsteignton
- OS grid reference
- SX 902 770
- Coordinates
- 50.58246, -3.55184
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ficklin chest tomb and railings, located immediately south of the south side of Luton Chapel in Bishopsteignton, date from the mid-19th century. The tomb is made of freestone and features a low chest with an oversailing moulded lid. An inscription on the side commemorates Berney Ficklin of the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, who died in 1854. Surrounding the tomb are iron railings topped with spear finials and supported by columnar corner standards that have urn finials.
Local climate
Ficklin Chest Tomb and Railings Immediately South of the South Side of Luton Chapel receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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