Tomb Chest South South East of South Porch of St Petrock's Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. Tomb chest.

Tomb Chest South South East of South Porch of St Petrock's Church

WRENN ID
gilded-tin-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartmoor National Park
Constituency
South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1986
Type
Tomb chest
Address
Tomb Chest South South East of South Porch of St Petrock's Church, Church Street, South Brent, South Hams
OS grid reference
SX 696 602
Coordinates
50.42749, -3.83697
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a tomb chest located to the south-southeast of the south porch of St Petrock's Church, dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. The chest is made of crude granite and features a chamfered base, granite blocks above, and a plain thick granite lid. There is no legible inscription on the tomb chest.

Local climate

Tomb Chest South South East of South Porch of St Petrock's Church receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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