George Chest Tomb About 8 Metres West of the Tower of the Church of the Holy Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Chest tomb.
George Chest Tomb About 8 Metres West of the Tower of the Church of the Holy Cross
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 331 965
- Coordinates
- 50.74413, -4.36571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The George chest tomb, located about 8 meters west of the tower of the Church of the Holy Cross, is an early 19th-century structure. It is made of brick and features a slate lid along with a slate inscription panel on the south side. This panel commemorates John George, who died in 1815.
Local climate
George Chest Tomb About 8 Metres West of the Tower of the Church of the Holy Cross sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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