Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South South West of Chancel of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1991. Tomb.

Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South South West of Chancel of Church of St Michael

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
Tomb
OS grid reference
SX 804 509
Coordinates
50.34618, -3.68116
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, dating from the late 18th century, is located about 15 meters south-southwest of the chancel of the Church of St Michael in Blackawton. It features a dressed slate lid with a chamfered cornice and a chamfered limestone lid. On the north side, there is a slate plaque inscribed in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Tucker, the wife of Mr. Michael Tucker, a surgeon from West Devon, who passed away in 1774.

Local climate

Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South South West of Chancel of Church of St Michael 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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