Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1989. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Andrew
- WRENN ID
- broken-corner-shade
- 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 347 116
- Coordinates
- 50.88061, -4.35109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1733, is located approximately 4 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Andrew in Sutcombe. It commemorates William Walter and is constructed from rubble with a slate lid. Each long side features a slate plaque with a border inscription and an epitaph at the center.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Andrew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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