Tombchest of Humphrey Iew 9 Metres to South East of Chancel of Church of St Symphorian is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tombchest.
Tombchest of Humphrey Iew 9 Metres to South East of Chancel of Church of St Symphorian
- WRENN ID
- lone-cellar-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 095 908
- Coordinates
- 50.68632, -4.69686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchest of Humphrey Iew, located 9 metres southeast of the chancel of the Church of St. Symphorian, was erected in 1718 in memory of Humphrey Iew, who died that same year. It is constructed from slate rubble and features a rectangular slate lid. The tombchest has a marginal inscription and a central rectangular panel with a verse inscribed in upper and lower case lettering with serifs. The verse reads:
Stay passenger, who ere thou be
Let this my death admonish thee
For strength and youth I was in prime
and yet cut off in the midst of time
(by accident) the boisterous sea
I to my grave was sent that way
& when death doth come to thee
Even as I am so shalt thou be.
Local climate
Tombchest of Humphrey Iew 9 Metres to South East of Chancel of Church of St Symphorian sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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