Two Tombchests of Richard Rounsevall and Mary Ken, 3 Metres to East of North Tower of Church of St Enodoc is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Tombchest.
Two Tombchests of Richard Rounsevall and Mary Ken, 3 Metres to East of North Tower of Church of St Enodoc
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SW 931 772
- Coordinates
- 50.55821, -4.92157
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two tombchests, dated 1720 and 1723, are located 3 meters to the east of the north tower of the Church of St. Enodoc. They commemorate Richard Rounsevall, likely from Trewiston, who died in 1720, and Mary, the wife of John Ken, also probably from Trewiston, who died in 1723. The tombchests are made of stone rubble and are rectangular in shape, topped with slate lids. The lids feature inscriptions in a border, using upper and lower case letters with serifs.
Local climate
Two Tombchests of Richard Rounsevall and Mary Ken, 3 Metres to East of North Tower of Church of St Enodoc 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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