Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South South East of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South South East of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- carved-cupola-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 602 019
- Coordinates
- 50.79981, -3.98474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located approximately 8 metres south-south-east of the Church of St Mary in Exbourne. It dates from the late 17th century and features stone rubble sides with a granite lid that has a moulded cornice. The inscription on the tomb is now illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres South South East of Church of St Mary 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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