Williams and Woolcock Chest Tomb at Approximately 6 Metres North East of Church of Saint Winnear is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1988. Tomb.
Williams and Woolcock Chest Tomb at Approximately 6 Metres North East of Church of Saint Winnear
- WRENN ID
- inner-lintel-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1988
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 595 373
- Coordinates
- 50.18748, -5.37017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Williams and Woolcock chest tomb, located approximately 6 metres northeast of the Church of Saint Winnear, is an early 19th-century tomb. It commemorates Richard Williams, who died in 1831 at the age of 68; his wife Mary, who died in 1820 at the age of 58; and Mary Woolcock of Polkinghorne, who died in 1825 at the age of 76. The tomb features an incised slate slab set on a rectangular granite base, with monolith sides and a square-edged integral border to the lid.
Local climate
Williams and Woolcock Chest Tomb at Approximately 6 Metres North East of Church of Saint Winnear 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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