Chest tomb of Matthew Vivian and his wife and daughter is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Chest tomb of Matthew Vivian and his wife and daughter
- WRENN ID
- third-cornice-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Chest tomb of Matthew Vivian and his wife and daughter, Old Kea Church, Old Kea, Truro, TR3 6AN
- OS grid reference
- SW 844 417
- Coordinates
- 50.23595, -5.02397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The chest tomb of Matthew Vivian and his family is a rectangular structure from the late 18th century, specifically built for Matthew Vivian (1718-1770), his wife Jane (who died in 1784), and their daughter. It is made of granite slabs featuring roll mouldings at the corners and ovolo mouldings along the edges of the top.
On the top of the tomb, the arms of the Vivian family are intricately carved, accompanied by an inscription that reads: "UNDERNEATH IS DEPOSITED / THE BODY OF / MATTHEW VIVIAN ESQ / LATE OF PENELEWEY / IN THIS PARISH / WHO DIED ON THE 15th DAY / OF OCTOBER AD 1770 / AGED 52 YEARS / ALSO THE BODIES OF / JANE HIS WIDOW / AND JANE THEIR DAUGHTER."
This chest tomb is situated approximately 25 meters east of the tower of the former Church of St Kea, positioned on a high bank that overlooks the rest of the churchyard.
Local climate
Chest tomb of Matthew Vivian and his wife and daughter receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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