Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South West of the Church of St Olaf is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A Victorian Chest tomb.
Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South West of the Church of St Olaf
- WRENN ID
- dim-floor-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Chest tomb
- Period
- Victorian
- OS grid reference
- SS 222 077
- Coordinates
- 50.84181, -4.5263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located about 3 metres south-west of the Church of St Olaf, dates from the late 19th century. It is made of freestone and commemorates Ann, who died in 1861, although the inscription is now illegible. The tomb has a rectangular Baroque design, featuring a moulded plinth and lid, as well as recessed balusters at the corners. There is a simple oval inscription on the ends and panels on the sides, with the north side displaying an inscription.
Local climate
Chest Tomb About 3 Metres South West of the Church of St Olaf sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% 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 89% 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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