Chest Tomb 2 Metres East of St Clement Church, 1787 is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. Tomb.

Chest Tomb 2 Metres East of St Clement Church, 1787

WRENN ID
hushed-hinge-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1984
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SW 850 438
Coordinates
50.25567, -5.01653
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a chest tomb dating from 1787, located 2 metres east of St Clement Church. It is made of white limestone and has a rectangular shape. The sides feature panels with scalloped corners and include incised lettering. The details of the inscription are otherwise indecipherable.

Local climate

Chest Tomb 2 Metres East of St Clement Church, 1787 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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