Lander Chest Tomb at Approx 15m South of Tower of Church of Saint Maugan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Tomb.
Lander Chest Tomb at Approx 15m South of Tower of Church of Saint Maugan
- WRENN ID
- nether-gable-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 709 250
- Coordinates
- 50.08157, -5.20312
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lander chest tomb, located approximately 15 meters south of the tower of the Church of Saint Maugan, is a chest tomb monument dating from 1842, dedicated to James Lander of Belmont Lodge. It features a dressed marble sarcophagus casket resting on a rectangular freestone chest, all supported by a flat stone slab. The base chest includes a plinth, panelled sides, and a moulded top. Above this, the tapered casket is supported by four ball feet and has raised and fielded trapezium-shaped panels on its sides. The lid is adorned with a roll moulded border, corner acroteria, and a shallow stepped pyramid.
An inscription on the south panel reads: "This monument was erected at the expense of Mrs. Ann Ingersoll the widow of Lieut. Joseph Lander Gent as a memorial of Esteem and Respect for her Relative James Lander, Gent whose property she and her family succeeded in retaining after an expensive law suit promoted by his distant relatives but which by a sentence of the judge of the court was proved to be groundless and fallacious."
Another inscription on the north panel states: "James Lander Gent died 1842 aged 64. Also Mrs. Eliz. Ann Armfield his niece who became the sole possessor of his property, died 1842 aged 38."
Local climate
Lander Chest Tomb at Approx 15m South of Tower of Church of Saint Maugan 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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