Williams Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1994. Tomb.
Williams Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 657 277
- Coordinates
- 50.10335, -5.27692
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Williams chest tomb, located approximately 10 metres west of the Church of St Michael in Helston, dates from 1707. It is dedicated to Mary, the daughter of Zacharius Williams. The tomb is constructed from granite ashlar and features a moulded cornice along with a chamfered freestone lid. It has a rectangular shape.
Local climate
Williams Chest Tomb Approximately 10 Metres West of Church of St Michael 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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