Chave Chest Tomb Approximately 500 Millimetres West of Porch of Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Chave Chest Tomb Approximately 500 Millimetres West of Porch of Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- ST 013 155
- Coordinates
- 50.93051, -3.40564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chave chest tomb, located approximately 500 millimetres west of the porch of the Church of St Peter, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1827 in memory of Richard Chave. It is made of Portland stone and features sides that are panelled with plain clasping pilasters at each corner. The tomb has a chamfered plinth and a soffit-moulded flat lid. The southern panel is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering, which commemorates the death of Richard Chave in 1827.
Local climate
Chave Chest Tomb Approximately 500 Millimetres West of Porch of Church of St Peter receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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