Thomas Hamlyn Chest Tomb About 6 Metres South West of Church of St James the Apostle is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1988. Chest tomb.
Thomas Hamlyn Chest Tomb About 6 Metres South West of Church of St James the Apostle
- WRENN ID
- kindled-stronghold-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 835 850
- Coordinates
- 50.65325, -3.64801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thomas Hamlyn chest tomb, located about 6 metres south west of the Church of St James the Apostle in Christow, is a mid-19th century structure made of Portland stone. It features a rectangular shape with a plinth, panelled sides and ends, and an oversailing lid. The inscription on the tomb commemorates Thomas Hamlyn, who died in 1847.
Local climate
Thomas Hamlyn Chest Tomb About 6 Metres South West of Church of St James the Apostle receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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