Mariners Chest Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres South of Lych Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Chest tomb.
Mariners Chest Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres South of Lych Gate
- WRENN ID
- still-wall-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 515 300
- Coordinates
- 50.11828, -5.47686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mariners chest tomb, located approximately 15 metres south of the Lych Gate in Marazion, is a 18th-century memorial. It commemorates Mary, the wife of Benjamin Hensly, who was a mariner and died in 1774 at the age of 21. The tomb is made of granite ashlar and features a square-edged lid. It has a rectangular shape and is a plain chest tomb.
Local climate
Mariners Chest Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres South of Lych Gate 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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