Chest Tomb to John Ferris and Frank Bennallack 6 Metres South of St Clement Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to John Ferris and Frank Bennallack 6 Metres South of St Clement Church
- WRENN ID
- south-lime-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 850 438
- Coordinates
- 50.25555, -5.01674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located 6 metres south of St Clement Church, dating from 1803 or 1805, although the inscription is mostly indecipherable. It is made of freestone and has a rectangular plan. The tomb features a plinth with fielded panels on the sides and recessed corner balusters. It has a cavetto cornice beneath a bullnosed lid, which is adorned with incised lettering.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to John Ferris and Frank Bennallack 6 Metres South of St Clement Church receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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