Peter Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mawnan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Tomb.
Peter Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mawnan
- WRENN ID
- hidden-casement-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 787 272
- Coordinates
- 50.10388, -5.09489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Peter tomb, located approximately 2 metres east of the chancel of the Church of St Mawnan, is a chest tomb dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It commemorates Robert Peter, although the date is indecipherable. The tomb is made of dressed granite and features a rectangular plan. It has a large granite base, stop-chamfered plinth, vertically-set granite ashlar sides, and a moulded granite lid with an incised inscription on top.
Local climate
Peter Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Mawnan receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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