6 Chest Tombs 3m West of Church of Saint Wenappa is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1986. A C19 Tomb.

6 Chest Tombs 3m West of Church of Saint Wenappa

WRENN ID
woven-jamb-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1986
Type
Tomb
Address
6 Chest Tombs 3m West of Church of Saint Wenappa, Churchtown, Gwennap
OS grid reference
SW 738 400
Coordinates
50.21758, -5.17117
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are six linked chest tombs located 3 meters west of the Church of Saint Wenappa in Gwennap, dating from the early 19th century. These tombs were created for the Sampson family and are primarily made of granite ashlar. The group of six chest tombs is set within a granite border, which originally included railings. All the tombs are oriented from west to east.

To the north, there are two very low chest tombs with torus moulded lids. The two chest tombs to the south are identical, made of granite ashlar with plain lids, and they flank two later identical taller chests made of stuccoed brick. An incised inscription at the east end of one of the tombs commemorates Mary, the wife of Benjamin Sampson, who died at the age of 36, and Nicholas Sampson, who died in 1813 at the age of 11.

Local climate

6 Chest Tombs 3m West of Church of Saint Wenappa receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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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