Syms Tomb Approximately 35 Metres North East of Church of St Mary Magdalene is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1993. A Victorian Tomb.
Syms Tomb Approximately 35 Metres North East of Church of St Mary Magdalene
- WRENN ID
- gilded-belfry-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- SX 332 846
- Coordinates
- 50.63776, -4.35932
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Syms Tomb is a chest tomb located approximately 35 meters northeast of the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Launceston. It was erected in 1847 in memory of Charlotte, the wife of William Henry Syms, who died in the same year at the age of 46. The tomb is an unusually long slate chest tomb featuring panelled sides, with three panels on each of the long sides.
Local climate
Syms Tomb Approximately 35 Metres North East of Church of St Mary Magdalene 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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