Berry Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North-West of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Berry Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North-West of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- stark-step-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 701 875
- Coordinates
- 50.67295, -3.83938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Berry chest tomb, located approximately 12 metres north-west of the Church of St Michael in Chagford, is a Grade II listed structure dated 1828. It commemorates Richard and Elizabeth Berry. The tomb is made of granite ashlar and features cast iron area railings. It has a chamfered plinth and a thick soffit-moulded flat lid, with each side displaying a rectangular sunken panel. The inscription, located on the south-east side, is in Roman serif upper and lower case lettering and notes the deaths of Richard and Elizabeth Berry in 1828, along with some close relatives who died before 1855. The tomb is enclosed by railings set in granite coping stones, with the rails featuring fluted shafts and spear heads, while the corner posts are bulbous with vase caps.
Local climate
Berry Chest Tomb Approximately 12 Metres North-West of Church of St Michael receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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