Chest Tomb to Francis Family 2m South of West End of Church of Saint Wenappa is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Francis Family 2m South of West End of Church of Saint Wenappa
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tomb to Francis Family 2m South of West End of Church of Saint Wenappa, Churchtown, Gwennap
- OS grid reference
- SW 738 400
- Coordinates
- 50.21754, -5.17103
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb to the Francis family is located 2 meters south of the west end of the Church of Saint Wenappa in Gwennap. This early 19th-century tomb is made of white limestone and has a rectangular shape, oriented from west to east. It is set within a rectangular outer base that features holes for iron stanchions, which once supported railings that have since been removed.
The chest itself has an ovolo-moulded base and panelled sides, with one panel on each end and a round-headed niche containing an urn in the middle of the south side. Each corner of the tomb is adorned with high-waisted bulbous nook balusters, which are square in plan and have moulded bases and capitals. The lid of the tomb is an incised monolith with an ovolo-moulded border, inscribed with the names and details of William Francis, who died in 1830 at the age of 53; his son Benjamin Francis, who died in 1843 at the age of 23; and his son William Francis, who died in 1819 at the age of 11.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Francis Family 2m South of West End of Church of Saint Wenappa receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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