Tombchest of Honor Hender 4.5 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St Julitta is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Tombchest.
Tombchest of Honor Hender 4.5 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St Julitta
- WRENN ID
- peeling-entrance-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 088 823
- Coordinates
- 50.60923, -4.70347
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tombchest located 4.5 metres south of the south aisle of the Church of St Julitta, built in 1768. It commemorates Honor Hender, the widow of William Hender of Camelford, who died in 1768, and Grace Jeffery, the wife of William Jeffery, who died in 1799. The tombchest is low with the chest removed, featuring a deep granite lid and a rectangular slate ledger stone. The inscription is in both upper and lower case lettering and includes a verse in cursive script, topped with an angel's head. The verse reads: "Kind angels guard this bed of dust Till Jesus comes to raise the just Then may she wake with sweet surprise And in our Saviours image rise."
Local climate
Tombchest of Honor Hender 4.5 Metres to South of South Aisle of Church of St Julitta sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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