Walters Chest Tomb About 11 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Constantine is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Tomb.
Walters Chest Tomb About 11 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Constantine
- WRENN ID
- drifting-mortar-jackdaw
- 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 406 792
- Coordinates
- 50.59146, -4.25204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Walters chest tomb, located about 11 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St Constantine, is an early 19th-century structure made of ashlar masonry and topped with a slate lid. The chest features a plinth and a hollow-chamfered cornice, commemorating Hannah Walters, who died in 1847. The slate lid is adorned with a border of stylized flowers.
Local climate
Walters Chest Tomb About 11 Metres South West of the Tower of the Church of St Constantine sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% 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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