Chest Tomb Immediately North of the Aisle of the Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Immediately North of the Aisle of the Church of St Peter
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb Immediately North of the Aisle of the Church of St Peter, Rose Ash
- OS grid reference
- SS 787 217
- Coordinates
- 50.98198, -3.72872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located immediately north of the aisle of the Church of St Peter. It is probably from the 18th century and is made of slatestone. The tomb has a rectangular shape with a moulded oversailing lid. The inscription on the tomb is illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Immediately North of the Aisle of the Church of St Peter receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
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- Rose Ash House Including Garden Wall to the West
- Pearchay Farmhouse
- The Old Rectory
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