Polglaze Tomb at Approximately 30 Metres North of East of Church of St Phillack is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Tomb.
Polglaze Tomb at Approximately 30 Metres North of East of Church of St Phillack
- WRENN ID
- broken-tower-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 565 384
- Coordinates
- 50.19602, -5.41258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Polglaze tomb, located approximately 30 metres north of the east end of the Church of St Phillack in Hayle, is a chest tomb from the early 19th century. It features granite ashlar sides and an incised slate lid, with a rectangular plan. The tomb is inscribed with the names of John Polglaze, who died in 1830 at the age of 39, and Bridget, the widow of John Polglaze and wife of Peter Hooper, who died in 1837 at the age of 46.
Local climate
Polglaze Tomb at Approximately 30 Metres North of East of Church of St Phillack receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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