Vivian Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South of Church of St Uvelus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Chest tomb.
Vivian Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South of Church of St Uvelus
- WRENN ID
- scarred-rafter-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 872 691
- Coordinates
- 50.48333, -5.00095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vivian chest tomb, located about 15 metres south of the Church of St Uvelus, is a chest tomb that likely dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed of brick and features a slate lid. The lid is rectangular with rounded corners and has a groove around the top. The inscription is presented in both upper and lower case with serifs, commemorating Stephen Vivian, who died in 1783, and his wife Ann, who died in 1784. There is also a verse below the inscription in italics.
Local climate
Vivian Chest Tomb About 15 Metres South of Church of St Uvelus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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