Chest Tomb, 3 Metres from North West Corner of North Aisle of Boconnoc Parish Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb, 3 Metres from North West Corner of North Aisle of Boconnoc Parish Church
- WRENN ID
- high-doorway-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 146 606
- Coordinates
- 50.41596, -4.60978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located 3 metres from the north-west corner of the north aisle of Boconnoc Parish Church, dates from the 17th century. It is made of slate stone and is inscribed with the name Grace Bowen, who died in 1821. The tomb is a rectangular chest constructed from ashlar stone, featuring moulded, undecorated panels on all four sides. It has a moulded lid and plinth, and is topped with a plain slate slab that bears the inscription.
Local climate
Chest Tomb, 3 Metres from North West Corner of North Aisle of Boconnoc Parish Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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Nearby listed buildings
- Boconnoc Parish Church (Dedication Unknown)
- Courtyard, Estate Buildings and Attached Gate Piers to North of Boconnoc House and Parish Church
- Coffin Rest, Gatepiers and Flanking Walls to Churchyard and Estate Buildings
- Boconnoc House
- Millcombe Bridge
- Dawna Farmhouse
- Trevego
- Lower Trebarret
- Grimshall
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