Tombchest 8 Metres to South of West Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Tombchest.
Tombchest 8 Metres to South of West Tower
- WRENN ID
- far-stronghold-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 388 655
- Coordinates
- 50.46766, -4.27238
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tombchest, located 8 meters south of the west tower, dates from the early 19th century. It is made of granite and ashlar slate stone, featuring a granite moulded plinth and an ashlar stone chest. The lid is also moulded from stone, but the inscription has eroded over time.
Local climate
Tombchest 8 Metres to South of West Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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