Tombchest of Christian Avery and Family 58 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tombchest.
Tombchest of Christian Avery and Family 58 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-merlon-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 051 884
- Coordinates
- 50.66261, -4.75905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tombchest located 58 metres southeast of the Church of St Materiana in Tintagel, dating from 1740. It commemorates Christian Avery and her children, who were part of the family of William Avery of Tregeth. The tombchest marks the resting places of Sarah, who died in 1740 at 14 months; John, who died in 1752 at 8 years; Elizabeth, who died in 1752 at 4 years; another John, who died in 1754 at 2 years; Mary, who died in 1758 at 23 years; and Christian, William's wife, who died in 1759 at 47 years. The chest is made of slate-stone rubble and features a rectangular slate lid. It has an inscription and verse displayed in upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Tombchest of Christian Avery and Family 58 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- 3 Group of 2 Tombchests and 2 Headstones of Thomas Avery, Martin Harvey and Joan Granvill 2-6 Metres to East of South Transept of Church of St Materiana
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