The Watchmaker's Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Petrock is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Tomb.
The Watchmaker's Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Petrock
- WRENN ID
- night-hinge-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 509 847
- Coordinates
- 50.64316, -4.10998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Watchmaker's Tomb, located approximately 1 metre south of the Church of St Petrock, is a chest tomb dated 1802, dedicated to George Routleigh, a watchmaker. It is constructed of rubble and features a chamfered cornice with a wedge-shaped slate lid. The inscription on the tomb is a witty epitaph that cleverly includes components of watches as well as themes of time and time-keeping.
Local climate
The Watchmaker's Tomb Approximately 1 Metre South of Church of St Petrock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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