Chest Tombs at Approx 3-5m North of Church of Saint Piran is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Tomb.
Chest Tombs at Approx 3-5m North of Church of Saint Piran
- WRENN ID
- broken-alcove-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest Tombs at Approx 3-5m North of Church of Saint Piran, Church Road, Perranarworthal
- OS grid reference
- SW 779 389
- Coordinates
- 50.20869, -5.11378
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A group of five chest tombs and one headstone is located approximately 3-5 meters north of the Church of Saint Piran in Perranarworthal.
The chest tombs include: - A tomb from 1789 for John Lugg, who died at the age of 33, featuring an incised slate slab on a brick base. - A tomb from 1789 for Nicholas Lean, who died at 58, with an incised slate slab set at ground level. - A tomb from 1800 for John Henwood, which has an incised slate slab on a brick base. - A tomb from 1808 for John Lugg, featuring an incised slate slab on a granite ashlar base. - A tomb from 1839 for David Scott, who died at 66, with panelled granite sides, a coved cornice on a granite lid, and a small incised slate insert towards the west end.
All the chest tombs are rectangular in shape.
The headstone, dating from 1845, commemorates Jennifer Lugg, who died at 70. It is made of white limestone and is a monolith with a moulded border on the east face that encloses a panelled chest with a cornice. Above this is an obelisk-shaped panel that contains an incised inscription, all topped with a triangular pediment.
Local climate
Chest Tombs at Approx 3-5m North of Church of Saint Piran receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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