Cornish Tomb Approximately 9 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Keyne is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1993. Tomb.
Cornish Tomb Approximately 9 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Keyne
- WRENN ID
- vacant-alcove-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 819 458
- Coordinates
- 50.27218, -5.06141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a stepped tomb with a cross, located approximately 9 meters south of the tower of the Church of St Keyne. It dates from the mid-19th century and is made of dressed freestone. The tomb features a foliated cross on a tall tapered and chamfered shaft, which has pyramid stops and a moulded cornice. It stands on a stopped square plinth that is raised over two octagonal steps. The tomb commemorates George Cornish, who lived from 1828 to 1850.
Local climate
Cornish Tomb Approximately 9 Metres South of Tower of Church of St Keyne receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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