Tucker Chest Tomb About 2 Metres North East of Chancel 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. Chest tomb.
Tucker Chest Tomb About 2 Metres North East of Chancel of Church of St James*
- 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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 821 450
- Coordinates
- 50.29315, -3.65594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 2 meters northeast of the chancel of the Church of St James, dating from around 1760. It is made of finely dressed slate and features a hollow chamfered cornice. The slate lid is inscribed in both upper and lower case with serifs, stating "Thomas Tucker of --knoll of this parish," who died in 1760. Additionally, there is a later slate plaque set into the west end of the chest, which bears an inscription for Thomas Tucker, who died in 1805, and is signed on top "J Wills? Sculpt."
Local climate
Tucker Chest Tomb About 2 Metres North East of Chancel 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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