Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist 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 8 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist
- WRENN ID
- fading-slate-dock
- 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
- SS 541 046
- Coordinates
- 50.82258, -4.07234
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 8 metres east of the Church of St John the Baptist, dates from the early 18th century. It features sides made of small dressed sandstone blocks and has a granite lid that is chamfered on the underside. The inscription on the tomb is no longer visible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 8 Metres East of Church of St John the Baptist sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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