Church Tomb at Approx 24m North West of Church of Saint Mylor is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1986. Monument.
Church Tomb at Approx 24m North West of Church of Saint Mylor
- WRENN ID
- proud-doorway-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1986
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SW 819 352
- Coordinates
- 50.17712, -5.05472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 24 meters northwest of the Church of Saint Mylor, was erected in 1846 in memory of Lieutenant Henry Duperier of the 18th Hussars, who was 74 years old at the time of his death. It is made of white limestone and has a square base with panelled sides. The tomb features Tuscan corner columns that support a moulded lid cornice and a tented pyramid, which is topped with an urn.
Local climate
Church Tomb at Approx 24m North West of Church of Saint Mylor receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% 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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