Tombchest of the Wife of Thomas Rowe, 15 Metres to East of South Aisle of Church of St Ida is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Tombchest.
Tombchest of the Wife of Thomas Rowe, 15 Metres to East of South Aisle of Church of St Ida
- WRENN ID
- muffled-alcove-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SW 928 718
- Coordinates
- 50.50937, -4.92255
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tombchest located 15 metres east of the south aisle of the Church of St Ida, built in 1827 in memory of the wife of Thomas Rowe, a musician who died that same year. The tombchest is made of brick and features a slate lid. The lid is decorated with a carved marginal band of intertwined foliage, while the inner panel displays a draped urn on a plinth. The inscription is carved across the plinth.
Local climate
Tombchest of the Wife of Thomas Rowe, 15 Metres to East of South Aisle of Church of St Ida sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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