Four Tomb Chests Dated 1737 (Or 1787), 1768, 1770 and 1774 Immediately North East of Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. A C18 Tomb chests.
Four Tomb Chests Dated 1737 (Or 1787), 1768, 1770 and 1774 Immediately North East of Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman
- WRENN ID
- spare-sandstone-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Tomb chests
- Address
- Four Tomb Chests Dated 1737 (Or 1787), 1768, 1770 and 1774 Immediately North East of Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman, Newton and Noss
- OS grid reference
- SX 564 464
- Coordinates
- 50.30043, -4.01756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four tomb chests located in the churchyard of the redundant Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman. They date from the 18th century, with inscriptions indicating the years 1737 (or possibly 1787), 1768, 1770, and 1774. The tomb chests are made of coursed slate rubble and feature slab lids, one of which is moulded.
Local climate
Four Tomb Chests Dated 1737 (Or 1787), 1768, 1770 and 1774 Immediately North East of Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman 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 89% 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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