Pair of Mitchell Chest Tombs About 3 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Monument.
Pair of Mitchell Chest Tombs About 3 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- little-mortar-candle
- 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
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 434 828
- Coordinates
- 50.62448, -4.21417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of chest tombs located about 3 meters northeast of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, dating from the early 19th century. The southernmost tomb is made of stone rubble and features a slate lid with scratch mouldings, commemorating George Mitchell, who died in 1813. The northernmost tomb is constructed from stone ashlar and has a hollow chamfered cornice, also topped with a slate lid that includes scratch mouldings. This tomb commemorates Ann Mitchell, who died in 1841.
Local climate
Pair of Mitchell Chest Tombs About 3 Metres North East of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary 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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