Pair of Tombchests of Richard and Stephen Steere 10 Metres to North of West Tower of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1989. Tombchests.
Pair of Tombchests of Richard and Stephen Steere 10 Metres to North of West Tower of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- old-lantern-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1989
- Type
- Tombchests
- OS grid reference
- SX 275 807
- Coordinates
- 50.60068, -4.43759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of tombchests located 10 metres north of the west tower of the Church of St Martin in Lewannick. The tombchests commemorate Richard Steere, a yeoman who died in 1700, and Stephen Steere, also a yeoman, who died in 1723. Both tombchests are made of stone rubble and feature slate rectangular lids. They are inscribed with upper and lower case lettering that includes serifs, along with marginal inscriptions and verses in the central panels.
Local climate
Pair of Tombchests of Richard and Stephen Steere 10 Metres to North of West Tower of Church of St Martin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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