Sampson Chest Tomb at Approximately 20 Metres East of Church of Saint Sithney is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Tomb.
Sampson Chest Tomb at Approximately 20 Metres East of Church of Saint Sithney
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 636 289
- Coordinates
- 50.11383, -5.30688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sampson chest tomb, located approximately 20 metres east of the Church of Saint Sithney, dates from the early 19th century. It commemorates Thomas Sampson, who died in 1810 at the age of 56. The tomb is constructed from dressed granite and is partly buried. It features a square plan with a headstone positioned in the middle of the west end, which has an inscribed slate insert facing east. The chest is made of squared granite monoliths that are joined by iron staples, and the headstone has a segmentally headed design with square corners.
Local climate
Sampson Chest Tomb at Approximately 20 Metres East of Church of Saint Sithney receives an average of 880 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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