Pair of Tomb Chests About 15 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. Tomb chest.

Pair of Tomb Chests About 15 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St James

WRENN ID
silver-rubble-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Hams
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1991
Type
Tomb chest
OS grid reference
SX 821 450
Coordinates
50.29326, -3.65618
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of tomb chests located about 15 metres north of the north porch of the Church of St James, dating from the late 18th century. Both tomb chests are made of dressed slate and feature chamfered cornices. The northernmost chest has a bullnose moulded slate lid, which is inscribed in upper and lower case with serifs, commemorating Richard Paige who died in 1778. The southern chest has a limestone lid with an inscription that is now illegible.

Local climate

Pair of Tomb Chests About 15 Metres North of North Porch of Church of St James 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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