Chapple Chest Tomb Circa 1 Metre South of South East Corner of South Transept of Church of St Hieritha is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1988. Tomb.
Chapple Chest Tomb Circa 1 Metre South of South East Corner of South Transept of Church of St Hieritha
- WRENN ID
- grey-granite-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 636 255
- Coordinates
- 51.01339, -3.94565
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chapple chest tomb, located approximately 1 metre south of the south-east corner of the south transept of the Church of St Hieritha, is a small chest tomb dating from 1810. It features a brick base topped with a slate slab. The tomb bears an inscription dedicated to Elizabeth Chapple, who died in 1810 at the age of 75 years.
Local climate
Chapple Chest Tomb Circa 1 Metre South of South East Corner of South Transept of Church of St Hieritha 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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