Pair of Chest Tombs About 7 Metres South East of Porch of St Olaf is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A C17/C18 Tomb.
Pair of Chest Tombs About 7 Metres South East of Porch of St Olaf
- WRENN ID
- south-chapel-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 222 077
- Coordinates
- 50.84177, -4.52601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This pair of chest tombs, dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, is located about 7 metres southeast of the porch of St Olaf. The tombs are made of freestone ashlar and slate, featuring rectangular chests on moulded plinths topped with slate lids. There are rectangular slate memorials attached to the sides of the tombs, although the inscriptions on the lids are illegible.
The westernmost chest has slate memorials on the north and south sides that commemorate members of the Stanbury family. The north side memorial honors "Mrs Stanbury's children by Charles Rowland," Susanna and Humphry, who both died in 1725. It includes a sentimental early 18th-century verse that reads, "In heaven where infants hail the almighty King/There little Humphry and Susannah sing," along with a decorative border beneath the inscription. The south side features a memorial for John Stanbury, who was buried in 1757, with a classical architectural border carved in relief and an armorial bearing.
The eastern chest has a rectangular slate memorial on the north side commemorating John and William Dayman, who died in 1740 and 1736, respectively. On the south side, there is a slate memorial for John Dayman, who died in 1793, which includes an inscription with verse.
Local climate
Pair of Chest Tombs About 7 Metres South East of Porch of St Olaf sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% 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 89% 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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