Tombchest of Joan Greenway 6 Metres to South of West End of South Aisle of Church of St Julitta is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Tomb.
Tombchest of Joan Greenway 6 Metres to South of West End of South Aisle of Church of St Julitta
- WRENN ID
- lone-gateway-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 088 823
- Coordinates
- 50.60916, -4.70366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest of Joan Greenway, dated 1711, is located 6 metres south of the west end of the south aisle of the Church of St Julitta in Lanteglos-by-Camelford. This tombchest commemorates Joan, the wife of William Greenway, and her daughter. It is made of later rendered brick and features a slate lid. The chest has a marginal inscription with a verse in a central rectangular panel that reads: "Stay passers by and here behold How wee do ly inclosed in mould And hungry worms wee daily wast and so they shall by you at last But though our Bodys here do ly Our souls do dwell with God on high."
Local climate
Tombchest of Joan Greenway 6 Metres to South of West End of South Aisle of Church of St Julitta sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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