Tombchest of Grace Mitchell 3.5 Metres to South West of South Porch, Church of St Symphorian is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tombchest.
Tombchest of Grace Mitchell 3.5 Metres to South West of South Porch, Church of St Symphorian
- WRENN ID
- plain-iron-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 095 908
- Coordinates
- 50.68638, -4.69731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest of Grace Mitchell is located 3.5 metres to the southwest of the south porch of the Church of St Symphorian. It dates from 1679 and commemorates Grace, the wife of Samuel Mitchell, who passed away that year. The tombchest is made of slate rubble and features a rectangular slate lid. It includes a marginal inscription with lettering in cursive script.
Local climate
Tombchest of Grace Mitchell 3.5 Metres to South West of South Porch, Church of St Symphorian sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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