Chest Tomb 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Probus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Probus
- WRENN ID
- hollow-terrace-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 899 477
- Coordinates
- 50.29198, -4.95075
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb located 2 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Probus and St Grace is dedicated to Christopher Hawkins Bart and dates from 1829, with a date of 1914 inscribed on the north side. It is made of freestone and features a rectangular plan in the Baroque style. The tomb has a moulded plinth that supports the chest, which is adorned with festooned cartouche panels on each side, each featuring angel heads. The corners are marked by square posts topped with fleur de lys capitals. Carved male bearers, depicted in 17th century style armor, are shown crouching on one knee at each corner, supporting the chest lid.
Local climate
Chest Tomb 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Probus receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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