2 Tombchests of Thomas Vercoe and Susanna Symons 5 Metres to West of Tower to Church of St Menefreda is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Tombchests.
2 Tombchests of Thomas Vercoe and Susanna Symons 5 Metres to West of Tower to Church of St Menefreda
- WRENN ID
- muted-arch-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Tombchests
- OS grid reference
- SW 964 770
- Coordinates
- 50.55803, -4.87511
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two tombchests located 5 meters to the west of the tower of the Church of St. Menefreda. One tombchest commemorates Thomas Vercoe of Tregline, who died in 1768, and other family members. The chest is made of brick and is rectangular in shape, topped with a slate lid. The second tombchest is in memory of Susanna, the wife of Samuel Symons of Tregline, who died in 1780, along with other family members. This chest is also brick and rectangular, featuring a slate lid. Both lids are inscribed with serif lettering in upper and lower case.
Local climate
2 Tombchests of Thomas Vercoe and Susanna Symons 5 Metres to West of Tower to Church of St Menefreda sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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