Chest Tomb to Richard Thomas (Vicar), 2 Metres East of St Clement Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Richard Thomas (Vicar), 2 Metres East of St Clement Church
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1984
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 850 438
- Coordinates
- 50.2557, -5.01653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, dated 1754, is located 2 metres east of St Clement Church. It is made of granite and slate and has an articulated rectangular shape. The tomb features a plinth and rusticated clasping corners, with the lid broken out at the corners. The top consists of an incised inset slate slab that has shouldered half round arches at the ends and angels depicted in the spandrels.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Richard Thomas (Vicar), 2 Metres East of St Clement Church receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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