Chest Tomb About 6 Metres North of the West End of the North 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 About 6 Metres North of the West End of the North Aisle of the Church of St Peter

WRENN ID
tilted-clay-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Devon
Constituency
North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1988
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SS 787 217
Coordinates
50.98192, -3.72885
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located about 6 metres north of the west end of the north aisle of the Church of St Peter, is likely from the 18th century. It is made of slatestone and features a rectangular shape with panelled sides. There is an oval panel on the west end, but the inscription is illegible.

Local climate

Chest Tomb About 6 Metres North of the West End of the North 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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