Pair of Chest Tombs About 10 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Morwenna and Adjacent to Churchyard Path is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A 17th century Tomb.
Pair of Chest Tombs About 10 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Morwenna and Adjacent to Churchyard Path
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-beam-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- 17th century
- OS grid reference
- SS 205 152
- Coordinates
- 50.90908, -4.55431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description is for a pair of chest tombs located about 10 metres southeast of the porch of the Church of St Morwenna, adjacent to the churchyard path. These tombs date from the 17th century and are made of freestone ashlar with slate lids. The southernmost tomb has an inscription on its lid that is now illegible. The northernmost tomb is raised above the path leading to the south porch of the church and is built into the bank on the south side of the path. The inscription on this tomb is also illegible.
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs About 10 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Morwenna and Adjacent to Churchyard Path 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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