Hitchens Chest Tombs by East End of North Aisle of Church of St Maddern is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Hitchens Chest Tombs by East End of North Aisle of Church of St Maddern
- WRENN ID
- pitched-trefoil-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Hitchens Chest Tombs by East End of North Aisle of Church of St Maddern, Madron
- OS grid reference
- SW 453 318
- Coordinates
- 50.13167, -5.56457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hitchens chest tombs are located by the east end of the north aisle of the Church of St Maddern in Madron. These are a pair of chest tombs with iron railings, dating from the early 19th century. One tomb is dedicated to Henry John Hitchens of Poltair, who died in 1804 at the age of 35, while the inscription on the other tomb is indecipherable. The tombs are made of dressed granite and feature incised slates set into the lids. They have plinths, shaped sides, and squared edged lids. The rectangular plan of the chests is complemented by original iron railings that are bowed on plan at the east end of each chest.
Local climate
Hitchens Chest Tombs by East End of North Aisle 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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