Pair of Symons Chest Tombs About 5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Tomb.
Pair of Symons Chest Tombs About 5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- heavy-iron-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 434 828
- Coordinates
- 50.6243, -4.21425
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of chest tombs located about 5 meters south of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, dating from the mid-19th century. The southernmost tomb is made of granite ashlar and features a chamfered plinth, a cornice, and a stone lid with an inscription commemorating Charles Symons, who died in 1857, along with other members of the Symons family. The northernmost tomb, signed by Deacon Milton, is constructed from stone rubble and has a stone lid. A slate inscription panel set into the south side commemorates Thomas Symons, who died in 1851, with well-crafted lettering within an oval border.
Local climate
Pair of Symons Chest Tombs About 5 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Mary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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