Fitze Tomb Approximately 10 Metres East of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1993. Tomb.
Fitze Tomb Approximately 10 Metres East of Church of St Martin
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 254 644
- Coordinates
- 50.45349, -4.46046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fitze tomb, located approximately 10 metres east of the Church of St Martin in Liskeard, is a chest tomb dating from 1809. It commemorates Joseph Fitze, who died at the age of 41, and his wife, Susanna, who passed away in 1846 at the age of 79. The tomb features coursed slatestone sides, a chamfered cornice, and two slate lids, with an incised inscription that is visible only on the top lid. The tomb has a rectangular plan.
Local climate
Fitze Tomb Approximately 10 Metres East of Church of St Martin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% 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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