Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre North of Chancel of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre North of Chancel of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- rusted-facade-thrush
- 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 834 665
- Coordinates
- 50.48727, -3.64479
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the 17th century, is located approximately 1 metre north of the chancel of the Church of St Andrew in Ipplepen. It is constructed from limestone rubble and features a granite lid that has a chamfered soffit and worn border engraving on the top.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre North of Chancel of Church of St Andrew 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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