Doidge Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Chest tomb.
Doidge Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cupola-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 457 835
- Coordinates
- 50.63111, -4.18299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Doidge chest tomb, located about 3 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew, is an early 18th-century structure. It is made of stone rubble and features an inscribed stone lid. This low rectangular chest commemorates Thomas Doidge, who died in 1733, as well as other members of the Doidge family. The tomb includes an inscription on the border, a verse, and additional text within the border, all of which display good lettering.
Local climate
Doidge Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Andrew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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