Tombchest of Ann and John Tom 4 Metres to South of East End of Church of St Werburgha is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1989. Tombchest.
Tombchest of Ann and John Tom 4 Metres to South of East End of Church of St Werburgha
- WRENN ID
- waning-pedestal-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1989
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 205 903
- Coordinates
- 50.68488, -4.54178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tombchest, dating from 1754, is located 4 metres south of the east end of the Church of St Werburgha. It commemorates Ann, the wife of John Tom, a yeoman who died in 1754, as well as John Tom himself, who passed away in 1765. The tombchest is made of stone rubble and features a rectangular slate lid. The lid is inscribed with both upper and lower case serif lettering and has an incised pattern around its edge. Although the slate lid is broken in two, it remains complete.
Local climate
Tombchest of Ann and John Tom 4 Metres to South of East End of Church of St Werburgha sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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