Chest Tomb to Thomas Vivian North of Chancel of St Michael's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Thomas Vivian North of Chancel of St Michael's Church
- WRENN ID
- silver-mantel-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb to Thomas Vivian North of Chancel of St Michael's Church, Cornwood, South Hams
- OS grid reference
- SX 604 593
- Coordinates
- 50.41774, -3.96571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb, dated 1795, is located north of the chancel of St Michael's Church in Cornwood. It is made of granite and features a monolithic design with a moulded lid that is cut from the same piece as the chest. The tomb has hollow-chamfered corners and panelled sides, with an inscription that reads: "Under this stone tomb lie the remains of Thomas Vivian Vicar of this Parish from 1747 to 1795."
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Thomas Vivian North of Chancel of St Michael's 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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