Wills Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres North of East End of Church of St Buryan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Tomb.
Wills Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres North of East End of Church of St Buryan
- WRENN ID
- little-plaster-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 409 257
- Coordinates
- 50.07519, -5.62227
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wills tomb, located approximately 15 meters north of the east end of the Church of St Buryan, is a chest tomb from the early 19th century. It commemorates the Reverend Thomas Wills, who died in 1802 at the age of 62, and his wife Selina Margaret, who passed away in 1814 at the age of 84. The tomb was created by C Hutchens and is made of dressed granite with a slate inset on the lid. It features a rectangular chest set on a large rectangular base, which was originally fenced. The chest has a tall hollow-chamfered plinth and a moulded border around the lid.
Local climate
Wills Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres North of East End of Church of St Buryan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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