Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 727 567
- Coordinates
- 50.39677, -3.79178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an unidentified chest tomb located approximately 10 metres south of the Church of St Mary in Dipford. It dates from the early 19th century and is made of dressed slate. The tomb features a moulded slate cornice and a slate lid that has an inscription. Although the inscription is currently unreadable due to overgrowth, it seems to include the date 1803.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres South of Church of St Mary receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- No sale records on file
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