Group of 4 Chest Tombs Circa 15 Metres South West of West Tower of Church of St Petrocks is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Tomb.
Group of 4 Chest Tombs Circa 15 Metres South West of West Tower of Church of St Petrocks
- WRENN ID
- western-spire-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Constituency
- North Devon MP: Ian Roome (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 674 449
- Coordinates
- 51.18818, -3.89801
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four chest tombs located approximately 15 metres south-west of the west tower of the Church of St. Petrocks in Parracombe. They date from the late 18th century and early 19th century and are set on brick plinths topped with slate slabs. One tomb commemorates Grace Parminter Lock, who died in 1851, and her family. Another tomb belongs to Richard Dovell, who died in 1793, and his family, crafted by Watts. This tomb features urns at the head, flanking a figure of an angel blowing a trumpet. Additionally, there are tombs for Robert Partridge, who died in 1838, and his family, as well as for Jane Dovell, who died in 1834, and William Dovell, who died in 1835, both designed by Nichols with a similar design to the heads.
Local climate
Group of 4 Chest Tombs Circa 15 Metres South West of West Tower of Church of St Petrocks sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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