Chest Tomb About 30 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael 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 30 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael

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
25 March 1991
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SX 804 509
Coordinates
50.34592, -3.68144
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located about 30 metres south of the tower of the Church of St Michael, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of dressed slate and features a moulded limestone lid. On the south side of the chest, there are limestone plaques inscribed in memory of Richard Ellis, who died in 1833.

Local climate

Chest Tomb About 30 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Michael 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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