Chest Tomb in St Michael's Churchyard, About 6 Metres East of South East Corner of Chancel is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb in St Michael's Churchyard, About 6 Metres East of South East Corner of Chancel
- WRENN ID
- secret-span-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1986
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 785 761
- Coordinates
- 50.57233, -3.71634
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, likely from the 17th century, is located in the churchyard of St Michael's, approximately 6 metres east of the south-east corner of the chancel. It is made of granite and is mostly buried, but its capstone features a flat top with moulded edges. There is an illegible carved inscription on the top.
Local climate
Chest Tomb in St Michael's Churchyard, About 6 Metres East of South East Corner of Chancel 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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