Dayman Chest Tombs About 3 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Olaf is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Dayman Chest Tombs About 3 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Olaf
- WRENN ID
- ruined-zinc-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 222 077
- Coordinates
- 50.84182, -4.52603
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dayman chest tombs, located about 3 metres south of the chancel of the church of St Olaf, are two memorials dedicated to members of the Dayman family. They date from the late 18th century and are constructed from freestone ashlar with inscribed slate lids. The southernmost tomb commemorates John Dayman, who died in 1786, along with other members of the Dayman family. The northernmost tomb is dedicated to Barbara Dayman, who died in 1753.
Local climate
Dayman Chest Tombs About 3 Metres South of the Chancel of the Church of St Olaf sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% 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 89% 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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