2 Tombchests of Mary and Robert Power 4 Metres to South of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of St Symphorian is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 July 1987. Tomb.
2 Tombchests of Mary and Robert Power 4 Metres to South of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of St Symphorian
- WRENN ID
- nether-footing-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 095 908
- Coordinates
- 50.6863, -4.69701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two tombchests, located 4 meters south of the southeast corner of the chancel of the Church of St Symphorian, date from 1794 and 1822. The first tombchest is in memory of Mary, the wife of Robert Power, who died in 1794. It is made of slate rubble and features a wide rectangular slate lid, with an inscription in a panel that has a nowy head. The second tombchest, adjacent to the south, commemorates Robert Power, who died in 1822. This chest is also made of slate rubble and has a rectangular slate lid. Both tombchests are inscribed with upper and lower case lettering that includes serifs.
Local climate
2 Tombchests of Mary and Robert Power 4 Metres to South of South East Corner of Chancel, Church of St Symphorian sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% 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 90% 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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