Rose Chest Tomb About 4 Metres South East of the Porch of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Chest tomb.
Rose Chest Tomb About 4 Metres South East of the Porch of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- vacant-panel-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
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 434 828
- Coordinates
- 50.62427, -4.21441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 4 meters southeast of the porch of St Mary. It dates from the late 17th century and is made of stone rubble. The tomb features an inscribed slate lid, with an inscription around the border that commemorates Thomas Rose, who died in 1690.
Local climate
Rose Chest Tomb About 4 Metres South East of the Porch 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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