Hill Chest Tomb and 2 Other Chest Tombs About 3 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Morwenna is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. A C17 Tomb.
Hill Chest Tomb and 2 Other Chest Tombs About 3 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Morwenna
- WRENN ID
- fallow-cupola-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SS 205 153
- Coordinates
- 50.90922, -4.55429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hill chest tomb and two other chest tombs are located about 3 meters southeast of the chancel of the Church of St Morwenna. This group of three chest tombs includes the Hill memorial, which dates from the late 17th century to early 18th century, and a memorial to the west of the Hill memorial from the early 17th century. The westernmost memorial is probably from the late 18th century.
Constructed from freestone ashlar and slate, these rectangular chests feature inscribed slate lids. The easternmost chest commemorates John Hill, who died in 1697, and Martha Hill, who died in 1714, with angel heads carved in the spandrels on the lid. The tomb to the west of the Hill memorial has an illegible inscription carved on the border of the lid, with a legible date of 1632. The third and westernmost chest tomb has an illegible inscription, and the date may be 1792.
Local climate
Hill Chest Tomb and 2 Other Chest Tombs About 3 Metres South East of the Chancel of the Church of St Morwenna sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% 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 0.3°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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