Gubbs Chest Tomb in South West Angle of Church of St Maddern is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A C18 Chest tomb.
Gubbs Chest Tomb in South West Angle of Church of St Maddern
- WRENN ID
- lone-roof-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Address
- Gubbs Chest Tomb in South West Angle of Church of St Maddern, Madron
- OS grid reference
- SW 453 318
- Coordinates
- 50.13155, -5.56496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gubbs chest tomb is located in the southwest angle of the Church of St Maddern. It dates from the 18th century and commemorates Martin Gubbs, who died in 1777 at the age of 56, as well as his nephew George Matthews, who died in 1795 at the age of 55, along with other members of the Matthews and Marrack family. The tomb is made of granite ashlar and features an incised slate insert on the lid. It has a rectangular plan, with a plinth, ashlar sides, and a moulded lid.
Local climate
Gubbs Chest Tomb in South West Angle 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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