Pair of Tomb Chest of H Werry and M and L Werry 30 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Breock is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. Tomb chests.

Pair of Tomb Chest of H Werry and M and L Werry 30 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Breock

WRENN ID
patient-chamber-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1988
Type
Tomb chests
OS grid reference
SW 977 717
Coordinates
50.51058, -4.85435
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of tomb chests located 30 metres northwest of the tower of the Church of St. Breock. They date from 1714 and 1691 and commemorate Hannah, the daughter of John Werry of Trevannion, who died in 1714, as well as Mabel and Leriria, daughters of John Werry, who died in 1691 and 1711. The two rectangular slate ledger stones are set on a granite base and feature inscriptions in upper and lower case lettering with serifs.

Local climate

Pair of Tomb Chest of H Werry and M and L Werry 30 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Breock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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