Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres East of Church of St Gluvias is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1994. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres East of Church of St Gluvias
- WRENN ID
- salt-hinge-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 787 346
- Coordinates
- 50.17057, -5.09954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 3 metres east of the Church of St Gluvias, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of freestone and features a panelled design with a moulded lid. The inscription on the tomb was obscured at the time of the survey.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 3 Metres East of Church of St Gluvias 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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