Borlase Chest Tomb at Approximately 14 Metres South of West End of Church of St Maddern is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Borlase Chest Tomb at Approximately 14 Metres South of West End of Church of St Maddern
- WRENN ID
- tattered-spandrel-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 453 317
- Coordinates
- 50.13141, -5.56495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Borlase chest tomb, located approximately 14 metres south of the west end of the Church of St Maddern, is a Grade II listed structure from the early 19th century. It commemorates John Benjamin Borlase, MD, who died in 1813 at the age of 61. The tomb features granite monoliths on each side and a slate lid with an incised inscription set into the north side. It has a rectangular plan, a chamfered plinth, and a square-edged lid.
Local climate
Borlase Chest Tomb at Approximately 14 Metres South of West End of Church of St Maddern sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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