Nicholas Chest Tomb About 1.5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Constantine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Chest tomb.
Nicholas Chest Tomb About 1.5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Constantine
- WRENN ID
- weathered-facade-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 731 290
- Coordinates
- 50.11826, -5.17512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nicholas Chest Tomb, located about 1.5 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Constantine, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of granite ashlar and features slate tablets. The tomb has a moulded plinth and lid, with the lid containing an inset slate that is currently overgrown with ivy. The sides of the chest are adorned with moulded panels, two of which have inset slate tablets inscribed with the names of Wearn Nicholas, who died in 1831, and Thomas Nicholas, who died in 1846.
Local climate
Nicholas Chest Tomb About 1.5 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Constantine receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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