Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1987. Tomb.

Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of St John the Baptist

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 February 1987
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SX 739 838
Coordinates
50.64044, -3.78396
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This chest tomb, located approximately 5 metres south of the chancel of St John the Baptist, is made of dressed granite and dates from 1641. The lid features an ogee curve on the underside and has a worn inscription around the edge, with the date 1641 prominently displayed at the center.

Local climate

Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South of Chancel of St John the Baptist receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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