Williams Chest Tomb and One Other at from Approximately 10 Metres North of Church of Saint Crewen is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Chest tombs.
Williams Chest Tomb and One Other at from Approximately 10 Metres North of Church of Saint Crewen
- WRENN ID
- scattered-flue-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Chest tombs
- OS grid reference
- SW 645 345
- Coordinates
- 50.16387, -5.29773
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located approximately 10 metres north of the Church of Saint Crewen, dating from the 18th century. They are made of granite ashlar and feature unmoulded granite lids. The chest tomb closer to the church has an incised inscription dedicated to Sara, the wife of William Williams, who died in 1796 at the age of 40. The other chest tomb is overgrown and has a tree growing out of it.
Local climate
Williams Chest Tomb and One Other at from Approximately 10 Metres North of Church of Saint Crewen 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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