Robley Chest Tomb About 25 Metres South of the East Wall of the Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1987. Chest tomb.
Robley Chest Tomb About 25 Metres South of the East Wall of the Chancel
- WRENN ID
- inner-cellar-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 942 071
- Coordinates
- 50.85425, -3.50395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Robley chest tomb, located about 25 metres south of the east wall of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, is a mid-19th century structure made of Portland stone. It features a rectangular shape with a moulded plinth and lid, corner pilasters, and fielded panels on the sides. An inscription on the north side commemorates Caroline Robley, who died in 1845.
Local climate
Robley Chest Tomb About 25 Metres South of the East Wall of the Chancel receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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