Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Goran is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1988. A Early C19 Chest tomb.
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Goran
- WRENN ID
- other-loggia-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 999 422
- Coordinates
- 50.24663, -4.80754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century chest tomb located about 5 metres southwest of the tower of the Church of St Goran in Gorran Churchtown. It is made of granite ashlar and features a rectangular shape resting on a chamfered plinth. The tomb has a flat top with a moulded edge, and there is an illegible inscription carved on the top.
Local climate
Unidentified Monument in the Churchyard About 5 Metres South West of Tower of Church of St Goran receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow 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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- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
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