Gallaway Tomb at Approximately 5 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St Erth is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Tomb.
Gallaway Tomb at Approximately 5 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St Erth
- WRENN ID
- ruined-paling-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 550 350
- Coordinates
- 50.16449, -5.43187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gallaway tomb, located approximately 5 metres east of the south aisle of the Church of St Erth, is an early 19th-century chest tomb dedicated to Walter Gallaway and his sons: Walter, who died on November 19th, 1801, aged 7; Moses, who died on June 9th, 1804, aged 3; and William, who died in 1846, aged 55. The tomb features granite ashlar sides and a cambered granite lid, with an incised slate plaque that is now detached on one side. It has a rectangular shape.
Local climate
Gallaway Tomb at Approximately 5 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St Erth receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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