Pair of Chest Tombs About 8 Metres South West of the Porch of the Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. A C19 Tomb.
Pair of Chest Tombs About 8 Metres South West of the Porch of the Church of St Leonard
- WRENN ID
- ruined-postern-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 348 992
- Coordinates
- 50.76918, -4.3435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of chest tombs located about 8 meters south-west of the porch of the Church of St Leonard, dating from the early 19th century. They are constructed from stone rubble and topped with slate lids. The southern tomb commemorates Richard Banbury, who died in 1808. Its slate lid features a border of scratch mouldings and has an unusual inscription detailing a bequest for poor children attending catechism. The northern tomb honors Lewis Braund, who also died in 1808, along with other members of the Braund family. The lid of this tomb is signed as engraved by "Richd Sillifant (?) Jun: Tetcott" and includes a poetic charity inscription that outlines a bequest intended to support local laborers. The lid also displays armorial bearings within a roundel. These tombs are notable for their distinctive inscriptions.
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs About 8 Metres South West of the Porch of the Church of St Leonard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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