Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Petrock is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1989. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Petrock
- WRENN ID
- fallen-pediment-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 411 122
- Coordinates
- 50.8876, -4.25997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 1 metre south of the Church of St Petrock, dates from 1689 and commemorates Prudence Potter, the wife of the parish rector. It is constructed from stone rubble and features a chamfered plinth. The tomb is topped with a slate lid that has a border inscription and an armorial shield carved in the center, along with an epitaph below.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Petrock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% 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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