David Spright Monument, About 3.5 Metres South of Porch of St Pancras Church is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1989. Chest tomb.
David Spright Monument, About 3.5 Metres South of Porch of St Pancras Church
- WRENN ID
- late-rafter-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1989
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 296 058
- Coordinates
- 50.82668, -4.41979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The David Spright monument is a chest tomb located about 3.5 meters south of the porch of St Pancras Church. It dates from 1598 and is made of squared and coursed local stone, which was noted to be in need of repointing as of December 1987. The slate slab is slightly damaged at the corners and is partly obscured by lichen. The name of David Spright and the date 1598 are inscribed around the perimeter in gothic script. This monument is a rare example of a 16th century chest tomb that remains in its original location.
Local climate
David Spright Monument, About 3.5 Metres South of Porch of St Pancras Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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