Blewett Chest Tomb at Approximately 8 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of Saint Hilary is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Tomb.
Blewett Chest Tomb at Approximately 8 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of Saint Hilary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 550 312
- Coordinates
- 50.13104, -5.42856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Blewett chest tomb, located approximately 8 metres east of the south aisle of the Church of Saint Hilary, is a chest tomb from the 18th century. It commemorates George Blewett, a merchant from Marazion, who died in 1766 at the age of 63. The tomb features a large marble casket-shaped sarcophagus that stands on four shaped feet atop a moulded base. It is topped with a large gadrooned urn and has a rectangular plan in a Baroque style, with the centres of the long sides slightly projecting forward.
Local climate
Blewett Chest Tomb at Approximately 8 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of Saint Hilary receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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