Harrison Tomb at Approximately 13 Metres South of Porch of Church of Saint Hilary is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Tomb.
Harrison Tomb at Approximately 13 Metres South of Porch of Church of Saint Hilary
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 550 312
- Coordinates
- 50.13087, -5.42893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harrison tomb, located approximately 13 metres south of the porch of the Church of Saint Hilary, is a Grade II listed structure from the 18th century. It is likely a buttress tomb or a blind doorway leading to an underground vault. The tomb commemorates Polly, the wife of James Harrison, who died in 1772 at the age of 26. It is made of granite and features an incised slate insert. The front of the tomb is square-headed, while the rear is stepped down and chamfered to an earth bank. The epitaph reads: "She was a woman take her for all in all I shant look on her like again."
Local climate
Harrison Tomb at Approximately 13 Metres South of Porch of Church of Saint Hilary 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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