Chest Tomb and 2 Headstones at Approximately 10 Metres North of East End of Church of Saint Sithney is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1987. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb and 2 Headstones at Approximately 10 Metres North of East End of Church of Saint Sithney
- WRENN ID
- frozen-casement-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 636 290
- Coordinates
- 50.11401, -5.30715
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a chest tomb and two headstones located approximately 10 metres north of the east end of the Church of Saint Sithney. The chest tomb is likely from the 18th century, while one headstone dates from 1812 and the other from 1827. The chest tomb is made of dressed granite and features a later dressed granite lid that obscures the original lid, along with incised slate monolith headstones. The tomb is rectangular in shape with plain sides and a moulded lid.
At the west end, the headstone has a segmental-arched top, while the east headstone features a round-arched top with moulded corners. The inscription on the chest tomb is hidden by the later lid. The west headstone commemorates John, son of Catherine Richards, who was wounded in a mine accident and died on July 10, 1912, at the age of 22. The east headstone is dedicated to Joseph Gundery, who died in 1827 at the age of 57, and includes the epitaph: "Beneath this stone lies silent in the dust A husband dear that in the Lord did trust, Till the last trump shall sound and bid him rise, To meet his Blessed Jesus in the skies."
Local climate
Chest Tomb and 2 Headstones at Approximately 10 Metres North of East End of Church of Saint Sithney receives an average of 880 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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