Charley Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of South-East Corner of South Transept of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Chest tomb.
Charley Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of South-East Corner of South Transept of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula
- WRENN ID
- gentle-chalk-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 586 462
- Coordinates
- 51.19831, -4.02467
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Charley chest tomb, located approximately 4 metres southeast of the southeast corner of the south transept of the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula in Combe Martin, is an early 19th-century chest tomb. It features a brick plinth and a slate slab, with urns flanking angel busts. The tomb bears an inscription dedicated to John Charley, who died in 1804, along with other family members.
Local climate
Charley Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South East of South-East Corner of South Transept of Church of St Peter Ad Vincula sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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