Chest Tomb at 4 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1985. Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb at 4 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Michael
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1985
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 857 421
- Coordinates
- 50.24036, -5.00551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 4 metres southeast of the porch of the Church of St Michael, is likely from the early 19th century. It is made of limestone and features clasping reeded corner pilasters along with a bullnose moulding on the lid. The inscription on the tomb is currently undecipherable.
Local climate
Chest Tomb at 4 Metres South East of Porch of Church of St Michael receives an average of 890 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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- 4 Chest Tomb About 10m South of South Aisle of Church of St Michael
- 5 Chest Tomb About 5 Metres North East of North East Corner of the Aisle of the Church of St Michael
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