Grosse Chest Tomb at Approx 12m North of Church of Saint Corentin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Chest tomb.
Grosse Chest Tomb at Approx 12m North of Church of Saint Corentin
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-hearth-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 677 213
- Coordinates
- 50.04644, -5.24514
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grosse chest tomb, dating from the 18th century, is located approximately 12 meters north of the Church of Saint Corentin. It features an inscribed slate slab resting on a dressed stone base and is rectangular in shape. The inscriptions commemorate Robert Grosse, who died in 1764 at the age of 82; Samuel Grosse, who died in 1790 at the age of 60; Mary, the daughter of Samuel Grosse, who died at the age of 27; and Elizabeth, the niece of Samuel Grosse, of Nanplough, and daughter of William Hendy, who died in 1824 at the age of 88.
Local climate
Grosse Chest Tomb at Approx 12m North of Church of Saint Corentin 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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