Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Melor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1987. A Early C19 Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Melor
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 319 735
- Coordinates
- 50.53766, -4.37343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century chest tomb located about 15 metres northwest of the tower of the Church of St Melor in Linkinhorne. It is made of limestone and designed in a Neo-Greek style. The tomb features a flat top with a moulded edge and a plinth. It has splayed corner pilasters and fielded stepped panels on the north and south sides, with oval fielded panels on the east and west. The inscription commemorates Jane, although her surname is illegible, and it dates to 1818.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 15 Metres North West of Tower of Church of St Melor sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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