Coffin Rest Approx. 3 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Martin and St Meriadocus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Monument.
Coffin Rest Approx. 3 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Martin and St Meriadocus
- WRENN ID
- leaning-bailey-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SW 644 400
- Coordinates
- 50.21346, -5.30225
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The coffin rest, dated 1815, is located approximately 3 metres west of the tower of the Church of St Martin and St Meriadocus in Camborne. It is made from roughly shaped granite and consists of a single block laid flat on the ground, oriented along an east-west axis. The block measures approximately 2 metres in length and features a rectangular center section with tapered ends.
Local climate
Coffin Rest Approx. 3 Metres West of Tower of Church of St Martin and St Meriadocus 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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