Gluyas Tomb South East of Porch of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1994. Tomb.
Gluyas Tomb South East of Porch of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- sacred-terrace-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Gluyas Tomb South East of Porch of Church of St Michael, Church Street, Helston
- OS grid reference
- SW 658 277
- Coordinates
- 50.10332, -5.27646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gluyas tomb, located south-east of the porch of the Church of St Michael in Helston, is a chest tomb dating from 1842. It commemorates Thomas Gluyas, who was the late foreman of miners in the Ordnance Department and died in 1842 at the age of 55. The tomb features dressed granite monolithic sides with a moulded top edge, resting on a granite base. At the east end, there is a low-pitched-headed headstone that includes an inset plaque with an incised inscription.
Local climate
Gluyas Tomb South East of Porch of Church of St Michael 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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