Chest Tomb in South East Corner of Churchyard of St Edwards Church is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 February 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb in South East Corner of Churchyard of St Edwards Church
- WRENN ID
- burning-cellar-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South West Devon MP: Rebecca Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 February 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb in South East Corner of Churchyard of St Edwards Church, Shaugh Prior, South Hams
- OS grid reference
- SX 542 630
- Coordinates
- 50.44948, -4.0536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located in the south-east corner of the churchyard of St Edwards Church, dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is made of granite and features a carved armorial device on one end and one side, with an interlacing pattern on the opposite end. The tomb has a heavy moulded cornice lid and a moulded base. The lid also has a recess on the top, which may have originally held a brass inscription.
Local climate
Chest Tomb in South East Corner of Churchyard of St Edwards Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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