Chest Tomb at 3 Metres North of East End of Church of St Symphorian to Maria Kempe is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb at 3 Metres North of East End of Church of St Symphorian to Maria Kempe
- WRENN ID
- south-gallery-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 916 395
- Coordinates
- 50.21957, -4.92142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dating from 1794, is located 3 metres north of the east end of the Church of St Symphorian and commemorates Maria Kempe. It features a base made of slatestone rubble and a limestone lid that has a cavetto and torus moulded border, along with an inscribed slate insert. The tomb is rectangular in shape. The inscription reads: "Worth and Virtue claim the Pitying tear Well may the husband pour his sorrows here Yet cease to mourn, Let resignation boast That Heaven has gained what that fond Man has lost."
Local climate
Chest Tomb at 3 Metres North of East End of Church of St Symphorian to Maria Kempe receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% 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 0.2°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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