Tombchest of Peter Prest Et Alia 7 Metres to East of South Aisle of Church of St Denis is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tombchest.
Tombchest of Peter Prest Et Alia 7 Metres to East of South Aisle of Church of St Denis
- WRENN ID
- half-chalk-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 168 907
- Coordinates
- 50.68754, -4.59424
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tomb chest located 7 meters east of the south aisle of the Church of St Denis in Otterham, dating from 1710. It commemorates Peter Prest, who died in 1710, his wife Alice (also 1710), and their son William, who passed away in 1721. The tomb chest is made of slate stone rubble and features a rectangular shape with a slate lid. It has a marginal inscription in upper case lettering, along with a verse and dedication in the central panel that includes both upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Tombchest of Peter Prest Et Alia 7 Metres to East of South Aisle of Church of St Denis sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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