Roberts Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South of South Doorway of Church of St Gluvias is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1994. Tomb.
Roberts Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South of South Doorway of Church of St Gluvias
- WRENN ID
- low-storey-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 787 346
- Coordinates
- 50.17027, -5.0999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Roberts Tomb is a chest tomb located approximately 25 metres south of the south doorway of the Church of St Gluvias in Penryn. It dates back to 1851 and commemorates William Pender Roberts, a Royal Navy officer who died at the age of 66. The tomb is made of freestone and features a chest-on-chest design with panelled sides and a moulded lid.
Local climate
Roberts Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South of South Doorway of Church of St Gluvias receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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 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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