Jacka Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St Erth is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Tomb.
Jacka Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St Erth
- WRENN ID
- crooked-transept-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 550 350
- Coordinates
- 50.16448, -5.43179
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jacka tomb, located approximately 12 metres east of the south aisle of the Church of St Erth, is a chest tomb with an attached headstone dating from the 18th century. It commemorates Thomas Jacka, who died in 1796 at the age of 62; Elizabeth Jacka, who died in 1795 at the age of 63; and Joseph, the son of Will and Margaret, who died in 1799 at just 8 months old. The tomb is made of granite ashlar and features a plinth and a cambered granite lid, with a rectangular shape. At the west end, there is a segmentally-headed incised slate slab.
Local climate
Jacka Tomb at Approximately 12 Metres East of South Aisle of Church of St Erth 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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