Blewett and Mitchell Tombs at Approximately 30 Metres West of Church of St Piran is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1988. Tomb.
Blewett and Mitchell Tombs at Approximately 30 Metres West of Church of St Piran
- WRENN ID
- keen-rotunda-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 770 520
- Coordinates
- 50.3259, -5.13436
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blewett and Mitchell tombs are located approximately 30 metres west of the Church of St Piran in Perranazbuloe. These two chest tombs date from around 1855 and 1867. One tomb is a slate chest dedicated to Ann Blewett, who died in 1867, while the other is a freestone chest for Captain David Mitchell, who lived from 1788 to 1855. The slate chest features a moulded plinth, panelled sides, corner balusters, and a moulded lid. The freestone chest has monolithic sides and a moulded lid. Both chests are rectangular in shape.
Local climate
Blewett and Mitchell Tombs at Approximately 30 Metres West of Church of St Piran receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% 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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