Chest Tomb About 3 Metres North of the North Aisle of the Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1988. A C19 Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 3 Metres North of the North Aisle of the Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- riven-loft-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Teignbridge
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 857 865
- Coordinates
- 50.66751, -3.61795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 3 metres north of the north aisle of the Church of St Michael, is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of freestone and features a rectangular shape with two fielded panels on each side and one on each end. The tomb has an oversailing granite lid. The inscription on the tomb is currently illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 3 Metres North of the North Aisle of the Church of St Michael receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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