Tombchest of Elizabeth and John Brown 52 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tombchest.

Tombchest of Elizabeth and John Brown 52 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana

WRENN ID
gentle-passage-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 July 1987
Type
Tombchest
OS grid reference
SX 050 884
Coordinates
50.66258, -4.75916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The tombchest of Elizabeth and John Brown, located 52 metres southeast of the Church of St Materiana, dates from 1789. It commemorates Elizabeth Brown, who died in 1789, and John Brown, who died in 1790. The chest is made of stone rubble and features a rectangular slate lid. The inscriptions are in upper and lower case lettering with serifs.

Local climate

Tombchest of Elizabeth and John Brown 52 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana 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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