Rows Chest Tomb at Approximately 1 Metre West of South Aisle of Church of St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Chest tomb.

Rows Chest Tomb at Approximately 1 Metre West of South Aisle of Church of St Paul

WRENN ID
hollow-fireplace-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Type
Chest tomb
OS grid reference
SW 505 330
Coordinates
50.14476, -5.49344
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rows chest tomb, located approximately 1 metre west of the south aisle of the Church of St Paul in Ludgvan, is a Grade II listed structure dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. It commemorates the Rows family and is made of dressed elvan with incised slate insets on the sides. The tomb is rectangular in shape and features a plinth, moulded corners, and a moulded lid. The inscriptions on the tomb include: Grace Rows, who died in 1763 at the age of 40; Christopher Rows, who died in 1803 at the age of 87; Grace Rows, who died in 1820 at the age of 22; Christopher Rows, who died in 1830 at the age of 68; and Mary Anne Rows, who died in 1835 at the age of 32.

Local climate

Rows Chest Tomb at Approximately 1 Metre West of South Aisle of Church of St Paul 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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