Chest Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres West Church of St Buryan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres West Church of St Buryan
- WRENN ID
- night-gravel-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 408 257
- Coordinates
- 50.07498, -5.62281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb located approximately 2 metres west of the Church of St Buryan is likely from the 18th century. It is constructed from large blocks of dressed granite and has a rectangular shape. The tomb features a chamfered base and a lid cornice, although the inscription is indecipherable.
Local climate
Chest Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres West Church of St Buryan 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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