Chest Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres South East of Church of Saint Hilary is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres South East of Church of Saint Hilary
- WRENN ID
- shifting-parapet-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 550 312
- Coordinates
- 50.13095, -5.42856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the early 19th century, is located approximately 12 metres southeast of the Church of Saint Hilary. It features slate sides with moulded corners and an indecipherable moulded elvan lid. The tomb is rectangular in shape.
Local climate
Chest Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres South East of Church of Saint Hilary 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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