Pengelly Chest Tomb and Headstone at Approximately 2 Metres North of Church of St Maddern is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Pengelly Chest Tomb and Headstone at Approximately 2 Metres North of Church of St Maddern
- WRENN ID
- tangled-foundation-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 453 318
- Coordinates
- 50.13171, -5.56478
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pengelly chest tomb and headstone, located approximately 2 metres north of the Church of St Maddern, dates from the early 19th century. It features a granite ashlar chest with an incised slate inset on the lid and a dressed elvan headstone. The chest commemorates Richard Pengelly, who died in 1818 at the age of 80, and has a rectangular plan with a square plinth, ashlar sides, and a moulded lid. The headstone is dedicated to William Pengelly, who died in 1808, and has a shaped head with an incised inscription.
Local climate
Pengelly Chest Tomb and Headstone at Approximately 2 Metres North of Church of St Maddern sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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