Enys Tomb Approximately 4 Metres East of Churchof St Gluvias is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1994. Tomb.
Enys Tomb Approximately 4 Metres East of Churchof St Gluvias
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 787 346
- Coordinates
- 50.17062, -5.09952
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Enys tomb, located approximately 4 metres east of the Church of St Gluvias in Penryn, is a chest tomb dating from 1857. It commemorates Lucy Anne Enys, the wife of Samuel Oliver Hunt, who acquired Enys House in St Gluvias in 1815. Lucy Anne Enys passed away at the age of 84. The tomb also honors Francis Enys, who died in 1869, and John Samuel Enys. It features a marble tapered casket-chest with inscribed panelled sides, resting on ball feet above a panelled freestone base.
Local climate
Enys Tomb Approximately 4 Metres East of Churchof St Gluvias receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% 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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