Tombchest of John Symons 5 Metres to South West of South Porch of Church of St Brueredus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1987. Tomb.
Tombchest of John Symons 5 Metres to South West of South Porch of Church of St Brueredus
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 097 773
- Coordinates
- 50.56469, -4.68812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest of John Symons, dated 1758, is located 5 metres to the southwest of the south porch of the Church of St Brueredus in St Breward. It commemorates John Symons, who died in that year. The tombchest is constructed from granite ashlar for the base, chest, and lid. There is a rectangular ledgerstone made of slate that is inset but broken, featuring an inscription in both upper and lower case script.
Local climate
Tombchest of John Symons 5 Metres to South West of South Porch of Church of St Brueredus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% 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 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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