2 Tombchests of Robert Avery and Richard Wills 28 Metres to North West of Church of St Merteriana is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tombchest.
2 Tombchests of Robert Avery and Richard Wills 28 Metres to North West of Church of St Merteriana
- WRENN ID
- former-casement-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 110 904
- Coordinates
- 50.68324, -4.6766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two tombchests located 28 meters northwest of the Church of St Merteriana, dating from 1785 and 1771. The tombchest of Robert Avery, son of John Avery, who died in 1785, and John Avery, who died in 1799, is made of slate-stone rubble and features a rectangular slate lid. The tombchest of Richard Wills, who died in 1771, and his sister Elizabeth, who died in 1790, is also constructed from slate-stone rubble with a rectangular slate lid. Both tombchests include verses in a nowy-headed panel decorated with angels' heads.
Local climate
2 Tombchests of Robert Avery and Richard Wills 28 Metres to North West of Church of St Merteriana sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- 2 Tombchest of Christian Avery and Family 58 Metres to South East of Church of St Materiana
- 3 Group of 2 Tombchests and 2 Headstones of Thomas Avery, Martin Harvey and Joan Granvill 2-6 Metres to East of South Transept of Church of St Materiana
- 4 Group of seven tombchests approximately 4 metres to east and north east of chancel of Church of St Gregory
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