Chest Tomb 8 Metres South of Church of St Leonard is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1993. Chest tomb.

Chest Tomb 8 Metres South of Church of St Leonard

WRENN ID
leaning-cellar-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1993
Type
Chest tomb
OS grid reference
SX 777 531
Coordinates
50.36586, -3.72056
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located 8 metres south of the Church of St Leonard, dates from around 1670. It is constructed from slate rubble and features a large, weathered slate lid. The lid is adorned with an inscribed line border and an inscription in both upper and lower case lettering with serifs, commemorating John Hyne.

Local climate

Chest Tomb 8 Metres South of Church of St Leonard 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 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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