Tomb Chest of Jane Collins 25 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Breock is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. Monument.
Tomb Chest of Jane Collins 25 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Breock
- WRENN ID
- carved-minaret-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SW 976 717
- Coordinates
- 50.51057, -4.85471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tomb chest located 25 metres to the northwest of the tower of the Church of St Breock. It was created in 1747 in memory of Jane, the wife of William Collins, who died in that same year. The tomb chest also commemorates William Collins, who died in 1763, and James Collins, who died in 1870. It is made of brick and features a rectangular slate lid. The chest has a marginal inscription along with two additional inscriptions in the central panel. The inscriptions are written in upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Tomb Chest of Jane Collins 25 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Breock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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