Tombchest of Mary and Elizabeth Quiller 5 Miller to South West of South Porch of Church of St Ildierna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. A C18 Tombchest.
Tombchest of Mary and Elizabeth Quiller 5 Miller to South West of South Porch of Church of St Ildierna
- WRENN ID
- vacant-pillar-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Tombchest
- Address
- Tombchest of Mary and Elizabeth Quiller 5 Miller to South West of South Porch of Church of St Ildierna, Polperro
- OS grid reference
- SX 172 515
- Coordinates
- 50.33567, -4.56962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tombchest, dating from 1787, is located 5 meters southwest of the south porch of the Church of St Ildierna in Lansallos. It commemorates Mary and Elizabeth Quiller, daughters of Richard and Mary Quiller. The tombchest is made of slatestone and features slate lids. It is inscribed with lower case lettering that includes serifs.
Local climate
Tombchest of Mary and Elizabeth Quiller 5 Miller to South West of South Porch of Church of St Ildierna sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% 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 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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