Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South-West of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South-West of Church
- WRENN ID
- lost-joist-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 559 676
- Coordinates
- 50.49084, -4.03148
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 7 metres south-west of the church, likely dates from the 17th century. It is made of granite ashlar and features a chamfered plinth. The lid has an ogee soffit and includes two recesses for inscribed plaques.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 7 Metres South-West of Church receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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