2 Chest Tombs and Headstone at Approx 5m East of All Hallows Church of Saint Kea is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Monument.

2 Chest Tombs and Headstone at Approx 5m East of All Hallows Church of Saint Kea

WRENN ID
seventh-trefoil-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1986
Type
Monument
OS grid reference
SW 810 426
Coordinates
50.24316, -5.07238
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are two chest tombs and a headstone located approximately 5 meters east of All Hallows Church of Saint Kea. The west chest tomb dates from 1836 and is dedicated to Mary Giddy and her brother John, created by Edgcombe. The east chest tomb, from 1849, commemorates Mary Jenkins, while the headstone, dating to 1813, is for James Treloar and his wife Alice.

Both chest tombs are rectangular in shape with outer plinths that were originally intended for railings, which have since been removed. The outer plinths are made of granite, and the chests themselves are constructed from brick stretchers topped with slate lids. The west chest features an incised lid inscription for Mary Giddy, who lived from 1858 to 1822, and her brother John, who lived from 1760 to 1835. The east chest has an incised lid inscription for Mary Jenkins, who died in 1849 at the age of 61. The headstone, made of slate with concave corners and a nowy head, has an incised inscription for James Treloar, who died in 1813 at the age of 63, and his wife Alice, who also died in 1813 at the age of 62.

The current church, built in 1896, replaced an earlier church from 1802 designed by James Wyatt, and the churchyard has been in use since then. Very few tomb monuments remain from the earlier church at Old Kea, making these early 19th-century monuments historically significant for the parish, despite their modest architectural style.

Local climate

2 Chest Tombs and Headstone at Approx 5m East of All Hallows Church of Saint Kea receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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