Carthew Tomb Approximately 50 Metres North East of East End of Church of St Keyne is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1993. Tomb.
Carthew Tomb Approximately 50 Metres North East of East End of Church of St Keyne
- WRENN ID
- secret-cinder-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 819 459
- Coordinates
- 50.27279, -5.061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Carthew tomb, located approximately 50 meters northeast of the east end of the Church of St Keyne, consists of two adjoining chest tombs. One tomb commemorates John Carthew, who died in 1795 at the age of 48, his wife Elizabeth, who died in 1822 at the age of 65, and others. The second tomb commemorates their son John, who died in 1845 or 1846 at the age of 60, and his wife Ellen, who died in 1870 at the age of 84, along with others. Both tombs are rectangular in shape and feature granite monolithic sides with fielded panels, tall pilaster panels at the ends of the long sides, and inscribed slate lids.
Local climate
Carthew Tomb Approximately 50 Metres North East of East End of Church of St Keyne 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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