Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South West of Churchyard Gate (East End) is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1990. A C17 Monument.
Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South West of Churchyard Gate (East End)
- WRENN ID
- outer-hall-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1990
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 707 397
- Coordinates
- 50.24401, -3.81445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 8 metres south west of the churchyard gate at the east end, dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It features coursed rubble sides, a stringcourse, and a chamfered cornice at the top. There are slate tablets at the centre of each long side, although the one on the north side is badly damaged. The tomb is topped with an illegible slate slab.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South West of Churchyard Gate (East End) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle 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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