Sampson Tomb at Approximately 5 Metres South of South-West Corner of Church of Saint Crewenna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Grave.
Sampson Tomb at Approximately 5 Metres South of South-West Corner of Church of Saint Crewenna
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Grave
- OS grid reference
- SW 645 344
- Coordinates
- 50.16354, -5.29791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sampson tomb, located approximately 5 metres south of the south-west corner of the Church of Saint Crewenna in Crowan, is a Grade II listed headstone with an enclosed tomb, dating from 1812. It features a dressed granite tomb border and a round-headed granite headstone. At the west end, there is an incised slate insert inscribed to Richard Sampson, who died in 1812 at the age of 60.
Local climate
Sampson Tomb at Approximately 5 Metres South of South-West Corner of Church of Saint Crewenna receives an average of 880 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 87% 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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