Hosken Tomb 4 Metres South of Church of St Stephen is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1993. Tomb.
Hosken Tomb 4 Metres South of Church of St Stephen
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 324 856
- Coordinates
- 50.64671, -4.37085
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hosken tomb is a chest tomb from the 18th century, located 4 meters south of the Church of St Stephen in Launceston. It was erected by John Hosken of Carinels in memory of his parents, Richard, who died in 1782 at the age of 72, and Edeth, who died in 1791 at the age of 80, as well as his sisters, Jane, who died in 1753 at the age of 14, and Edeth, who died in 1771 at the age of 28. The tomb is constructed from slatestone rubble and features an incised slate lid, with a rectangular plan.
Local climate
Hosken Tomb 4 Metres South of Church of St Stephen sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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