Ivry Chest Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres East of North Aisle of Church of Saint Sithney is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Chest tomb.
Ivry Chest Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres East of North Aisle of Church of Saint Sithney
- WRENN ID
- worn-wattle-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 636 289
- Coordinates
- 50.11391, -5.30691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ivry chest tomb, located approximately 12 metres east of the north aisle of the Church of Saint Sithney, dates from the early 19th century. It commemorates Thomas Ivey, who died in 1809 at the age of 67, and his wife Alice, who passed away in 1840 at the age of 97. The tomb is made of dressed granite and features a small incised slate lid insert at the east end. It has a rectangular shape, with the sides constructed from square granite slabs secured with iron staples. The lid is a granite monolith that slightly projects at the edges. The tomb is overgrown with ivy and bears the following inscription: "Corruption earth and Worms Shall but refine his Flesh Till my triumphant Spirit comes To put it on afresh."
Local climate
Ivry Chest Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres East of North Aisle of Church of Saint Sithney receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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