Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres East of Church of St Winifrid is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres East of Church of St Winifrid
- WRENN ID
- ruined-zinc-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 749 812
- Coordinates
- 50.61778, -3.76896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from around 1700, is located approximately 4 metres east of the Church of St. Winifrid in Manaton. It is made of granite and features fielded panels on all four sides, with roll moulding around the edges. The tomb has a large chamfered plinth, and the lid is adorned with ogee moulding on the underside. There is an illegible inscription on the lid.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 4 Metres East of Church of St Winifrid receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% 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 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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