Wood Chest Tomb About 6 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Chest tomb.
Wood Chest Tomb About 6 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Peter
- WRENN ID
- eastward-moulding-kestrel
- 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 457 860
- Coordinates
- 50.65409, -4.18391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 6 meters southeast of the porch of the Church of St Peter. It dates from the early 17th century and is made of stone rubble with a stone lid. The tomb commemorates Anna Wood, who died in 1625. It features an inscription around the border and a verse in the center.
Local climate
Wood Chest Tomb About 6 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Peter sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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