Moore Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary is a Grade II listed building in the North Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Chest tomb.
Moore Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary
- WRENN ID
- high-spire-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Devon
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 808 283
- Coordinates
- 51.04236, -3.70163
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Moore chest tomb, located approximately 7 metres south of the chancel of the Church of Saint Mary, dates from 1761. It features a squared sandstone base and a sandstone top with a chamfered lower edge. The inscription on the top is in upper and lower case serif lettering, commemorating Richard Moore, who died in 1761.
Local climate
Moore Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres to South of Chancel of Church of Saint Mary 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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