Chest Tomb at Approximately 7 Metres South of East End of Church of St Cuby is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb at Approximately 7 Metres South of East End of Church of St Cuby
- WRENN ID
- empty-passage-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1985
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 927 452
- Coordinates
- 50.27062, -4.9094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 7 metres south of the east end of the Church of St Cuby, is likely from the mid-19th century and was created by Julef of Ladock. It is made of granite and features a hipped and gabled coffin lid designed in a cruciform shape, with roll moulding along the ridge and base. The tomb is positioned on a rectangular stepped granite base.
Local climate
Chest Tomb at Approximately 7 Metres South of East End of Church of St Cuby receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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 0.2°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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