Ley and Daniel Chest Tombs at Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Maddern is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Ley and Daniel Chest Tombs at Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Maddern
- WRENN ID
- stony-passage-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 453 317
- Coordinates
- 50.13144, -5.56463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ley and Daniel chest tombs are located approximately 5 meters south of the Church of St Maddern. These two chest tombs date from the 18th century and early 19th century. The northern chest is dedicated to Daniel Ley of Penzance, who died in 1806 at the age of 54. It is made of granite ashlar and features an incised slate inset on the north side, with a rectangular plan and a moulded lid. The southern chest commemorates Alexander Daniel, who died in 1668, and his son George Daniel, a gentleman who was the donor of the adjoining free school and died in 1716. This tomb has granite monolithic sides, a moulded granite lid, and an incised slate inset on the lid, also with a rectangular plan. The southern chest was repaired by trustees in 1780, 1818, and 1858.
Local climate
Ley and Daniel Chest Tombs at Approximately 5 Metres South of Church of St Maddern 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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