Fox Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Clement is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1994. Tomb.
Fox Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Clement
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 869 514
- Coordinates
- 50.35241, -3.59095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fox chest tomb, located approximately 10 meters north-west of the tower of the Church of St Clement, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1829 in memory of Thomas Fox. It is made of limestone and has a rectangular shape. The tomb features a flat lid with moulded edges and a moulded plinth. The corners are inset with fluted pilasters, and each side has rectangular panels with concave corners. The lid is inscribed with Roman serif upper and lower case lettering in italics, detailing the death of Thomas Fox in 1829. Additional inscriptions on the lid and sides commemorate other members of the Fox family who passed away later in the 19th century. Surrounding the tomb is a stone kerb with sockets for iron railings.
Local climate
Fox Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Clement receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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