Jenney Tomb Immediately South of South East Corner of Church of St Keyne is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1993. Tomb.
Jenney Tomb Immediately South of South East Corner of Church of St Keyne
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- Address
- Jenney Tomb Immediately South of South East Corner of Church of St Keyne, Kenwyn Church Road, Truro
- OS grid reference
- SW 819 458
- Coordinates
- 50.27219, -5.06097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Jenney tomb, located immediately south of the southeast corner of the Church of St Keyne, is a chest tomb that commemorates Agnus Jenney, who died in 1789. It is constructed of granite ashlar and freestone. The tomb has a square plan and features a chamfered plinth and cornice, which is topped with an inscribed urn. The entire structure stands on a base made up of five granite slabs.
Local climate
Jenney Tomb Immediately South of South East Corner of Church of St Keyne receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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