Chest Tomb About 10 Metres North East of Church of St Swithin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. Tomb.
Chest Tomb About 10 Metres North East of Church of St Swithin
- WRENN ID
- sombre-ashlar-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 244 057
- Coordinates
- 50.82442, -4.4945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 10 metres northeast of the Church of St Swithin, dates from the late 16th century to early 17th century. It is constructed from freestone rubble, with some repairs made in brick. The tomb features granite that is partially obscured by an inscription in large rustic capitals without serifs, although the text is now illegible.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 10 Metres North East of Church of St Swithin 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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