Chest Tomb Approximately 2m South of Church of St Petrock is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 2m South of Church of St Petrock
- WRENN ID
- silver-mantel-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 560 994
- Coordinates
- 50.77653, -4.04371
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the early 18th century, is located approximately 2 meters south of the Church of St Petrock in Inwardleigh. It is constructed from granite ashlar, and the lid features a coved soffit. The inscription on the tomb is no longer legible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 2m South of Church of St Petrock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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