Tombchest of Christopher Hodgh 1 Metre to South East of Corner of South Aisle and South Porch of Church of St Julitta is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Tombchest.
Tombchest of Christopher Hodgh 1 Metre to South East of Corner of South Aisle and South Porch of Church of St Julitta
- WRENN ID
- seventh-cornice-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 088 823
- Coordinates
- 50.60929, -4.7035
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest of Christopher Hodgh, dating from 1680, is located 1 metre southeast of the corner of the south aisle and south porch of the Church of St Julitta in Lanteglos-by-Camelford. This tombchest is made of slatestone rubble and features a rectangular slate lid. It has a marginal inscription and an epitaph in a central rectangular panel, which is inscribed with upper case lettering. The inscription includes the text: "ROMANES THE VIIITH AND THE 19TH FOR THE EARNEST EXPECTATION OF THE CREATURE WAITETH FOR THE MEANEFESTATION OF THE SONS OF GOD BEING HIS FUNERALE TEXT CH."
Local climate
Tombchest of Christopher Hodgh 1 Metre to South East of Corner of South Aisle and South Porch of Church of St Julitta sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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