Tombchest of Joan Watchott 1 Metre to South of Nave Near South Porch of Church of St Julitta is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tombchest.
Tombchest of Joan Watchott 1 Metre to South of Nave Near South Porch of Church of St Julitta
- WRENN ID
- white-landing-frost
- 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 129 912
- Coordinates
- 50.69039, -4.65023
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest of Joan Watchott, dating from 1685, is located 1 metre to the south of the nave near the south porch of the Church of St Julitta. It commemorates Joan, the wife of William Watchott from the parish, who passed away in that year. The chest is made of stone rubble and features a rectangular slate lid. The inscription is presented in upper and lower case italic lettering. A verse is displayed in the central panel, framed by an aedicular surround, with the capitals adorned with stylised motifs and a decorative riband with leaf patterns that end in scrolls. The verse reads: "If virtue could have priviledged from death the envious fates had never stopt thy breath but eas the eagle casting of her bill - erves her age, soe's thou hadst lived still - noblest change which hath but remov'd thee - earth below to the societie - tes above; where yo in consort sing Praise of God: heavens almight King."
Local climate
Tombchest of Joan Watchott 1 Metre to South of Nave Near South Porch of Church of St Julitta 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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