Chest Tomb to Abigail, Wife of Richard Thomas, 17 Metres South of East End of Church of St Symphorian is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1985. Tomb.
Chest Tomb to Abigail, Wife of Richard Thomas, 17 Metres South of East End of Church of St Symphorian
- WRENN ID
- fading-railing-finch
- 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 917 395
- Coordinates
- 50.21928, -4.92126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a family chest tomb dedicated to Abigail, the wife of Richard Thomas, located 17 metres south of the east end of the Church of St Symphorian. It dates from the late 18th century. The tomb features a brick base with a plain granite bordered lid and a granite headstone. It has a square shape and includes a cambered brick arch on the west side. The headstone is designed with a plinth and ovolo-moulding around the inscribed stone, which has a lintel that projects to form kneelers. Above this, there is a monolith coped pediment topped with an urn finial and a plain acroterion, with a square panel in the tympanum.
Local climate
Chest Tomb to Abigail, Wife of Richard Thomas, 17 Metres South of East End of Church of St Symphorian receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% 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 0.2°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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