Chawner Tomb at Approximately 10 Metres North Easr of Church of St Phillack is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Chest tomb.
Chawner Tomb at Approximately 10 Metres North Easr of Church of St Phillack
- WRENN ID
- low-niche-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 565 384
- Coordinates
- 50.19586, -5.41252
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chawner tomb, located approximately 10 metres northeast of the Church of St Phillack, is a chest tomb dating from 1844. It commemorates Pagent Chawner, who died in 1844 at the age of 41. The tomb is made of granite, featuring a monolithic chest set on a granite monolithic base. On the south side, there is an inset marble plaque with an incised inscription. The tomb has a rectangular plan, with a chamfered base and a pyramidal topped chest that includes a rectangular flat top panel.
Local climate
Chawner Tomb at Approximately 10 Metres North Easr of Church of St Phillack receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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