Chest Tomb at Approx 12m South West of Church of Saint Mylor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tomb at Approx 12m South West of Church of Saint Mylor
- WRENN ID
- first-minaret-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 820 352
- Coordinates
- 50.17687, -5.05452
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 12 meters southwest of the Church of Saint Mylor, dates from the early 19th century. It was created for the children of Thomas C. Barron R.N. of H.M. Packet Service and his wife, Julia. The tomb is made of dressed white limestone and features a tall classical style chest resting on a square platform.
The chest has a chamfered base and a wide fielded 'dado' panel with concave corners. Above this is an ovolo 'chair-rail' moulding, with taller bolection moulded panels above. The corners are adorned with pilasters that have horizontal flutes, and it is topped with a moulded cornice and a plain square lid.
The east panel of the tomb is incised with the names of the children: Fanny Sophia, who died in 1821 at the age of 14; Eliz Suzanna, who died in 1823 at the age of 27; Emma Alice, who also died in 1823 at the age of 27 (likely twins); and Eliz Goinnavero, who died in 1827 at the age of 19.
Local climate
Chest Tomb at Approx 12m South West of Church of Saint Mylor 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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