Broad Chest Tomb About 2 Metres East of the East Wall of the Porch of St George is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Chest tomb.
Broad Chest Tomb About 2 Metres East of the East Wall of the Porch of St George
- WRENN ID
- dim-chapel-bracken
- 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 447 876
- Coordinates
- 50.66732, -4.19842
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 2 meters east of the east wall of the porch of St George, dating from the early 18th century. It is made of stone rubble and features a slate lid that is partly built into the slope of the land. The lid has an inscription around the border commemorating Andrew Broad, who was buried in 1734. The lid is divided into two panels, with stylized flowers flanking a verse.
Local climate
Broad Chest Tomb About 2 Metres East of the East Wall of the Porch of St George 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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