Jenkin Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Erth is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. A C18 Tomb.
Jenkin Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Erth
- WRENN ID
- blind-threshold-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 549 350
- Coordinates
- 50.16453, -5.43196
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jenkin tomb, located approximately 2 meters east of the chancel of the Church of St Erth, is an early 18th-century chest tomb. It commemorates Mrs. Grace Jenkin, who was born at Treloweth in 1734 and died on April 7th, 1823. The tomb features brick side walls and an incised slate lid with a moulded border, and it is rectangular in shape.
Local climate
Jenkin Tomb at Approximately 2 Metres East of Chancel of Church of St Erth receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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