Medbury Chest Tombs East of Church of St Paul is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Chest tombs.
Medbury Chest Tombs East of Church of St Paul
- WRENN ID
- third-corridor-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tombs
- Address
- Medbury Chest Tombs East of Church of St Paul, Ludgvan
- OS grid reference
- SW 505 330
- Coordinates
- 50.14475, -5.49304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Medbury chest tombs, located east of the Church of St Paul in Ludgvan, date from around 1800. The southern chest commemorates Richard John Medbury of Bowgheer, who died in 1799, along with his son Richard John, who died in 1810 at the age of 11, and the relict of Captain Richard John, who passed away in 1800 at the age of 55. The northern chest is dedicated to John Medbury, a Lieutenant of the Royal Invalids in Scilly, who died in 1800 at the age of 77, as well as George John, the son of Captain Richard John of Marazion, who died in 1801 at the age of 4, and Margaret Medbury, who died in 1819 at the age of 71. Both tombs are made of granite ashlar and feature projecting square-edged lids with inscribed slate inserts, and they are rectangular in shape.
Local climate
Medbury Chest Tombs East of Church of St Paul receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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