Two Tomb Chests and Railings Immediately North of Church of Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Tomb chests.
Two Tomb Chests and Railings Immediately North of Church of Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
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- 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
- Two Tomb Chests and Railings Immediately North of Church of Holy Cross, Court Road, Newton and Noss
- OS grid reference
- SX 550 481
- Coordinates
- 50.31557, -4.03772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two tomb chests with railings are located immediately north of the Church of Holy Cross. They date from the early 19th century and are made of ashlar stone. One tomb chest is plain and has a rendered stone rubble with a moulded lid. The other features panelled sides, baluster corners, and a moulded lid. Both tomb chests are enclosed within iron railings that have turned corner stanchions.
Local climate
Two Tomb Chests and Railings Immediately North of Church of Holy Cross 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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