Pack Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Peter and St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1987. Tomb.

Pack Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Peter and St Paul

WRENN ID
gentle-render-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Newton Abbot MP: Martin Wrigley (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 July 1987
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SX 800 662
Coordinates
50.48379, -3.69142
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pack chest tomb, located approximately 15 metres southwest of the tower of the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Broadhempston, is a Grade II listed structure. It dates from 1739 and 1745 and is constructed from small dressed limestone blocks. The front features a slate memorial slab. The lid of the tomb has an ogee curve to the underside and is topped with a small stone cross. The slate slab on the front is inscribed in memory of Zachariah Pack, who died in 1739, and his wife Agnes.

Local climate

Pack Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Peter and St Paul receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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