Norrish Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North-East of Aisle of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Norrish Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North-East of Aisle of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- last-grate-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 697 967
- Coordinates
- 50.75567, -3.84785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Norrish chest tomb, located approximately 10 metres north-east of the aisle of the Church of St Michael, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1843 in memory of Mary Norrish. Made of limestone, the tomb has a rectangular shape with a moulded plinth and a flat lid that features a soffit moulding. Each long side of the tomb is divided into two bays by plain flat pilasters, and each corner is adorned with similar clasping pilasters. The left panel on the south side is inscribed in plain capitals, noting the death of Mary Norrish of Fuidge in 1843. Other panels also feature inscriptions in plain capitals, documenting the deaths of various family members up to 1916. The tomb is surrounded by low granite coping stones, which include sockets for cast iron boundary railings.
Local climate
Norrish Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North-East of Aisle of Church of St Michael receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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