Chest Tomb and 2 Headstone at Approx 5m South of Church of Saint Manacca is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb and 2 Headstone at Approx 5m South of Church of Saint Manacca
- WRENN ID
- waiting-roof-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 763 250
- Coordinates
- 50.08309, -5.12695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a chest tomb and two headstones located approximately 5 meters south of the Church of Saint Manacca, dating from 1766. The chest tomb is dedicated to William Williams, the son of Richard and Ann Williams, who died at the age of 4. It features an incised slate monolith slab set on a stone base, which bears the following epitaph: "Short was my life But lasting is my Rest Blest be the man Ye Spare these stones An evil to him that moves my bones." Additionally, there are two nearby round-headed headstones from the 18th century, though their inscriptions are indecipherable.
Local climate
Chest Tomb and 2 Headstone at Approx 5m South of Church of Saint Manacca receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% 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 0.2°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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