2 Code Chest Tombs at Approximately 12 Metres South of South Transept is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Tomb.
2 Code Chest Tombs at Approximately 12 Metres South of South Transept
- WRENN ID
- third-wicket-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 550 312
- Coordinates
- 50.1309, -5.42882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
There are two chest tombs located approximately 12 metres south of the south transept of St Hilary Church. These tombs date from the 18th century and are made of granite ashlar set on granite bases, originally featuring iron railings. Both tombs are rectangular in shape. The eastern chest has a moulded plinth and a square-edged lid, while the other chest has a chamfered plinth and a moulded lid. The lid of the eastern chest bears an incised inscription commemorating Honor, the wife of Francis Cole, who died in 1796. The inscription on the other chest is indecipherable but may refer to Francis Cole.
Local climate
2 Code Chest Tombs at Approximately 12 Metres South of South Transept 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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