Tombchest of William Luskey 3 Metres to West of South West Corner of Tower of Church of St Torney is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1989. Tombchest.
Tombchest of William Luskey 3 Metres to West of South West Corner of Tower of Church of St Torney
- WRENN ID
- empty-gravel-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1989
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 271 766
- Coordinates
- 50.56392, -4.4417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest of William Luskey, dating from 1776, is located 3 metres to the west of the southwest corner of the tower of the Church of St Torney. It serves as a memorial to William Luskey, son of William and Mary Luskey. The tombchest is made of ashlar slate and features a rectangular slate lid. The surface is inscribed with both upper and lower case lettering that includes serifs and verse. The lid has been broken, and there is a small piece missing.
Local climate
Tombchest of William Luskey 3 Metres to West of South West Corner of Tower of Church of St Torney 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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