Corin Chest Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres North of West End of Church of Saint Winneer is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Chest tomb.
Corin Chest Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres North of West End of Church of Saint Winneer
- WRENN ID
- south-copper-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 594 373
- Coordinates
- 50.18758, -5.37068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Corin chest tomb, located approximately 12 metres north of the west end of the Church of Saint Winnear, is a chest tomb from the 18th century. It commemorates William Corin, who died in 1789 at the age of 77, his wife Loveday, who died in 1790 at the age of 69, and their daughter Grace, who died in 1821 at the age of 59. The tomb features an incised slate slab set on a rectangular brick base.
Local climate
Corin Chest Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres North of West End of Church of Saint Winneer receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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