Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South of Porch of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South of Porch of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- standing-hammer-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1991
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 769 483
- Coordinates
- 50.32211, -3.72963
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the late 17th century, is located about 3 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Andrew in East Allington. It is constructed from low dressed slate and features a severely eroded slate lid. The slate plaque on the north side is so worn that the inscription has disappeared.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South of Porch of St Andrew receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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