Palmer Chest Tomb About 10 Metres South East of the Tower of the Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1985. Tomb.
Palmer Chest Tomb About 10 Metres South East of the Tower of the Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- cold-loggia-cedar
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 386 849
- Coordinates
- 50.64223, -4.28367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Palmer chest tomb, located about 10 meters southeast of the tower of the Church of St Mary, is a mid-19th century structure made of stone rubble with a slate lid. It commemorates Richard Palmer, who died in 1850, Mary Palmer, who died in 1867, and Grace Palmer, who passed away in 1883. The lid features an ornamental carved border that surrounds the inscription.
Local climate
Palmer Chest Tomb About 10 Metres South East of the Tower of the Church of St Mary 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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