Cap of Chest Tomb in St Michael's Churchyard, About 1/2 Metre North of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Chest tomb.
Cap of Chest Tomb in St Michael's Churchyard, About 1/2 Metre North of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- hidden-rafter-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 785 761
- Coordinates
- 50.5724, -3.71651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cap of a chest tomb, dating from 1665 or earlier, is located in the churchyard of St Michael's, about half a meter north of the chancel. It is made of granite and features a flat top with a moulded edge on the west side, while the south side lacks this detail. The other two sides are buried. The top of the tomb has a carved inscription, partially enclosed by two incised lines, but the name of the person buried is not legible. The date 1665 is carved at the western end of the center panel, which may indicate the date of the original burial or a later death in the same family.
Local climate
Cap of Chest Tomb in St Michael's Churchyard, About 1/2 Metre North of Chancel receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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