Bodilly Chest Tombs at Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Maddern is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Bodilly Chest Tombs at Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Maddern
- WRENN ID
- lost-portal-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 453 317
- Coordinates
- 50.13145, -5.56475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bodilly chest tombs, located approximately 3 metres south of the porch of the Church of St Maddern, are a cluster of four chest tombs dating from the early 19th century. The large chest is dedicated to Margaret Bodilly, the wife of R H Bodilly of Penzance, who died in 1826 at the age of 26. It also commemorates R H Bodilly, their son, who died in 1830 at the age of 32, and Ralph H Bodilly, who passed away in 1853 at the age of 88. The chest on the left (north) is for R Millet, who died in 1826, and Ann Towers, who died in 1830, along with two others that have inscriptions that are no longer legible. The tombs are made of granite ashlar and feature incised slate slabs. They are rectangular in shape, with two positioned at right angles to each other and two located in the angle behind.
Local climate
Bodilly Chest Tombs at Approximately 3 Metres South of Porch of Church of St Maddern sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. 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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