Tomb Chest of Rebecca Bond 1 Metre to South West of North Entrance to Churchyard of Egloshayle Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. Tomb chest.
Tomb Chest of Rebecca Bond 1 Metre to South West of North Entrance to Churchyard of Egloshayle Church
- WRENN ID
- late-porch-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1988
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- SX 000 719
- Coordinates
- 50.513, -4.82127
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tomb chest, dating from 1774, commemorates Rebecca, the daughter of John and Rebecca Bond, and her brother William, both of whom died in that year. It is located 1 metre to the southwest of the north entrance to the churchyard of Egloshayle Church. The chest is constructed from stone rubble and is raised on two courses of bricks, topped with a rectangular slate lid. The inscriptions are in upper and lower case lettering with serifs and feature a decorative angel's head.
Local climate
Tomb Chest of Rebecca Bond 1 Metre to South West of North Entrance to Churchyard of Egloshayle Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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