Bold Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St. Andrew is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1987. Tomb.
Bold Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St. Andrew
- WRENN ID
- weathered-soffit-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 490 683
- Coordinates
- 50.49513, -4.13009
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located approximately 6 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St. Andrew. It dates from 1736 and 1729 and commemorates Richard Gent and his mother, Temperance. The tomb is constructed of stone rubble walls and features a slate lid that has a border inscription and an epitaph in the center.
Local climate
Bold Chest Tomb Approximately 6 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St. Andrew sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% 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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