2 Tombchests of Thomas and Sarah Avery and Robert Langford 30 Metres to North West of Church of St Merteriana is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tombchests.
2 Tombchests of Thomas and Sarah Avery and Robert Langford 30 Metres to North West of Church of St Merteriana
- WRENN ID
- bitter-loggia-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Tombchests
- OS grid reference
- SX 110 904
- Coordinates
- 50.68318, -4.67665
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two tombchests located 30 meters northwest of the Church of St Merteriana. The first tombchest is for Thomas Avery, who died in 1753, and his wife Sarah, who died in 1752. It is made of slate-stone rubble and has a rectangular slate lid. The outer edge features a marginal inscription in uppercase letters commemorating Thomas Avery, while the inner panel includes an inscription in upper and lower case letters with serifs honoring Sarah Avery. The second tombchest belongs to Robert Langford, a mariner from North Petherwin, Devon, who died in 1767. This chest is also made of slate-stone rubble and has a rectangular slate lid, with the marginal inscription continuing in the inner panel.
Local climate
2 Tombchests of Thomas and Sarah Avery and Robert Langford 30 Metres to North West of Church of St Merteriana sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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