Chest Tomb at Approximately 3 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Piran is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1988. Tomb.
Chest Tomb at Approximately 3 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Piran
- WRENN ID
- distant-span-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 770 520
- Coordinates
- 50.32585, -5.13393
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from the early 19th century, is located approximately 3 metres south-west of the porch of the Church of St Piran in Perranazbuloe. It features a brick base and an incised freestone lid, with a rectangular shape. The inscription on the tomb is almost indecipherable but may read: BICE.
Local climate
Chest Tomb at Approximately 3 Metres South West of Porch of Church of St Piran receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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 0.3°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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