Chest Tomb and 3 Headstones to Rail Family at 8 Metres South West of Church of St Laud is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. A Georgian Chest tomb and headstones.
Chest Tomb and 3 Headstones to Rail Family at 8 Metres South West of Church of St Laud
- WRENN ID
- ruined-brass-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb and headstones
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- SW 757 324
- Coordinates
- 50.14967, -5.14055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb and three headstones to the Rail family are located 8 metres southwest of the Church of St. Laud. They date from the early 19th century. The chest tomb is dedicated to William Rail, who passed away in 1866 at the age of 80, and his wife Mary, who died in 1836 at the age of 41. The far left headstone is made of slate with a shaped head and commemorates Samuel Rail, who died in 1838 at the age of 33, and his wife Jane, who died in 1882 at the age of 74. The second headstone is a granite monolith with an inset slate oval, honoring Ann Rail of Helland, who died in 1819 at the age of 69. The third headstone is a square-headed granite monolith with an inset slate rectangle, dedicated to Jami Rail, who died in 1808 at the age of 85. The chest tomb is rectangular in shape, featuring dressed granite sides, a square-edged granite lid, and an inset incised slate.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and 3 Headstones to Rail Family at 8 Metres South West of Church of St Laud receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% 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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