Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Tomb.

Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Church

WRENN ID
calm-gravel-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1988
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SS 632 080
Coordinates
50.85574, -3.94382
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located approximately 6 metres south of the church in Winkleigh, dates from the late 17th century. It features stone rubble sides and a granite lid with a chamfered soffit. The inscription on the tomb has completely eroded.

Local climate

Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres South of Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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