Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Briocus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1989. Tomb.
Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Briocus
- WRENN ID
- odd-iron-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1989
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 338 790
- Coordinates
- 50.58763, -4.34849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located approximately 5 meters southeast of the porch of the Church of St Briocus, dating from 1640. It is constructed from granite blocks and features a slate top ledger. The tomb has a rectangular plan with a moulded plinth. The ledger is decorated with guilloche carving along the border and includes a long inscription dated 1640, which was largely illegible during the last survey in December 1987.
Local climate
Unidentified Chest Tomb Approximately 5 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Briocus 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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