Tombchest of Philip Keast 20m to south west of tower of the Church of St Cuby is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 December 1985. Tombchest.

Tombchest of Philip Keast 20m to south west of tower of the Church of St Cuby

WRENN ID
guardian-passage-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 December 1985
Type
Tombchest
Address
Tombchest of Philip Keast 20m to south west of tower of the Church of St Cuby, Duloe
OS grid reference
SX 234 580
Coordinates
50.3959, -4.48523
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tombchest of Philip Keast is located 20 meters southwest of the tower of the Church of St Cuby in Duloe. It was created in 1833 for Philip Keast of Bristol, who died that same year, and his wife Mary, who passed away in 1852. The tombchest is made of coursed slatestone and features an unmoulded engraved slate lid.

Local climate

Tombchest of Philip Keast 20m to south west of tower of the Church of St Cuby sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% 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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  7. Milestone 250m to South West of War Memorial Grade II 184 m
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  10. St Cuby's Well Grade II 620 m