Capstone in St Michael's Churchyard, About 1/2 Metre North of North Chancel Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1986. Tomb.
Capstone in St Michael's Churchyard, About 1/2 Metre North of North Chancel Chapel
- WRENN ID
- second-buttress-soot
- 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
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 785 761
- Coordinates
- 50.57243, -3.71657
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a capstone of a chest tomb located in St Michael's Churchyard, about half a metre north of the north chancel chapel. It dates from 1675 and is made of granite. The stone has a flat top with moulded edges and features a carved inscription on its surface. The border, marked by two incised lines, is slightly chipped but appears to commemorate Sybill, the wife of Francis Southcote, who was buried in March 1674. The parish register confirms the burial of Sybill, wife of Francis Southcote of Bovey Tracey, gentleman, on 14 March 1674/75.
Local climate
Capstone in St Michael's Churchyard, About 1/2 Metre North of North Chancel Chapel 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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