Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South West of West End of Mission Church of St Mary is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1993. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South West of West End of Mission Church of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- white-copper-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 821 452
- Coordinates
- 50.267, -5.05783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 15 meters southwest of the west end of the Mission Church of St Mary, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of limestone and features a rectangular shape with a moulded base, fluted corner pilasters, and fielded panels on the sides. The lid has a moulded cornice and bears a worn inscription.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South West of West End of Mission Church of St Mary 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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