Knight Tomb Approximately 6 Metres North West of Church of St Martin is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1993. Tomb.
Knight Tomb Approximately 6 Metres North West of Church of St Martin
- WRENN ID
- dark-frieze-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 253 644
- Coordinates
- 50.45355, -4.46117
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The knight tomb, located approximately 6 metres north-west of the Church of St Martin in Liskeard, is a chest tomb dating from 1811. It commemorates John Knight, who died at the age of 82. The tomb is constructed from coursed slatestone rubble and features an incised slate lid, presenting a rectangular plan.
Local climate
Knight Tomb Approximately 6 Metres North West of Church of St Martin sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- 1 Thomas Knight Chest Tomb, in Churchyard About 2 Metres South East of Chancel, Church of St Mary
- 2 Table Tomb to Thomas Knight, Gent., Circa 10 Yards South of West Tower of Church of St John the Baptist
- 3 2 Tombchests of William Gardell and John Marten 1-3.5 Metres to South of Nave to West of South Porch of Church of St Julitta
- 4 Knight Monument in Churchyard About 3 Metres South of East End of South Aisle, Church of St Michael and All Angels
- 5 Knight Monument About 2 Yards North-East of the North-East Corner of the Church of St Mary
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