Rawle Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South East of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1993. Tomb.

Rawle Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South East of Church of St Martin

WRENN ID
ragged-obsidian-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 November 1993
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SX 254 643
Coordinates
50.45315, -4.46037
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rawle tomb, located approximately 25 metres south-east of the Church of St Martin, is a chest tomb dating from 1820. It commemorates William Rawle, who died at the age of 45, and his wife, Elizabeth, who died in 183- at the age of 57. The tomb features coursed rubble sides resting on a plinth, with an incised slate lid. There is also a plaque on the north side dedicated to Harriet Smith Edey, who died in 1913 at the age of 69. The tomb has a rectangular plan.

Local climate

Rawle Tomb Approximately 25 Metres South East of Church of St Martin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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