Chest Tomb About 1 Metre South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 1 Metre South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- open-banister-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 830 809
- Coordinates
- 50.61621, -3.65476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 1 metre southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Mary, dates from the 17th century and is made of granite. It features a heavy chamfered capstone with an illegible inscription on top, bordered by a frame that outlines the main inscription.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 1 Metre South East of Chancel of Church of St Mary 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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