Roach Chest Tomb Circa 10 Metres South of South Porch 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.
Roach Chest Tomb Circa 10 Metres South of South Porch of Church of St Petrocks
- WRENN ID
- solitary-bonework-weasel
- 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
- 51.18817, -3.89776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 10 metres south of the south porch of the Church of St. Petrocks in Parracombe, dates from the late 18th century. It features an ashlar plinth and a slate slab that displays a figure of an angel blowing a trumpet at the head, along with decorative borders. The tomb is inscribed to Eleanor Roach, who died in 1782, as well as other members of the family.
Local climate
Roach Chest Tomb Circa 10 Metres South of South Porch 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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