Chest Tomb About 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Constantine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb About 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Constantine
- WRENN ID
- fossil-jamb-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 731 290
- Coordinates
- 50.11812, -5.17518
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 6 metres south of the chancel of the Church of St Constantine. It is likely from the 18th century and is made of granite. The tomb features granite slab sides, with the plinth buried beneath the ground. The large granite lid is in two pieces and has an inset limestone plate, which is badly damaged and the inscription is illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 6 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Constantine receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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