Roberts Tomb at Approximately 8 Metres South West of Church of St Levan is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1988. Monument.
Roberts Tomb at Approximately 8 Metres South West of Church of St Levan
- WRENN ID
- gilded-lintel-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1988
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SW 380 221
- Coordinates
- 50.04208, -5.66043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Roberts Tomb, located approximately 8 metres south-west of the Church of St Levan, is a chest tomb from the mid-19th century. It commemorates Joseph Roberts of Ranghtra, who died in 1847 at the age of 18, and his second son William, who died in 1851 at the age of 21. The tomb features dressed granite sides with projecting monolithic corners and an incised slate lid, and it is rectangular in shape.
Local climate
Roberts Tomb at Approximately 8 Metres South West of Church of St Levan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It averages fewer than one freeze-thaw cycle a year. 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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