Headstone of John Rebouse and Tombchest of John Morcombe 6 Metres to South East of South Corner of Church of St Menefreda is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Headstone and tombchest.
Headstone of John Rebouse and Tombchest of John Morcombe 6 Metres to South East of South Corner of Church of St Menefreda
- WRENN ID
- tall-flint-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Headstone and tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SW 964 770
- Coordinates
- 50.55788, -4.87447
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The headstone of John Rebouse and the tomb chest of John Morcombe are located 6 meters southeast of the south corner of the Church of St. Menefreda. The headstone, dated 1795, commemorates John Rebouse of Trenant, featuring a slate material with a triangular head and inscribed with a verse. The adjoining tomb chest, in memory of John Morcombe of Borlarrow, St. Mabyn, dates to 1766 and is made of brick with a rectangular shape and a slate lid. Both the headstone and tomb chest are inscribed in upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Headstone of John Rebouse and Tombchest of John Morcombe 6 Metres to South East of South Corner of Church of St Menefreda sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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