Chest Tomb Approximately 1 1/2 Metres South of Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 1/2 Metres South of Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- gilded-flint-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 586 015
- Coordinates
- 50.79663, -4.00699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 1.5 metres south of the Church of St James, is likely from the late 17th century. It is made of granite ashlar and features a wide coved soffit on the lid. The inscription on the tomb is now illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 1 1/2 Metres South of Church of St James 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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