Pair of Chest Tombs About 4 Metres South East of the Porch 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. Monuments.
Pair of Chest Tombs About 4 Metres South East of the Porch of the Church of St Constantine
- WRENN ID
- eternal-pilaster-hemlock
- 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
- Monuments
- OS grid reference
- SX 407 792
- Coordinates
- 50.59136, -4.2518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of chest tombs, dating from the early 19th century, is located about 4 meters southeast of the porch of the Church of St Constantine. Both tombs are made of stone and feature slate lids. The southernmost tomb commemorates Richard Edgecumbe of Edgecumbe, who died in 1818. It consists of four blocks of granite, has a chamfered plinth, and a slate lid with a border decorated with incised arabesques and anthemia at the corners. The northernmost tomb commemorates George Harrison, who died in 1831. This tomb is made of ashlar, has a hollow chamfered plinth and cornice, and also features a slate lid with a decorated border.
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs About 4 Metres South East of the Porch 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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