Monument to Benjamin Folly About 2 Metres South-West of the Church of St James is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. Monument.
Monument to Benjamin Folly About 2 Metres South-West of the Church of St James
- WRENN ID
- muted-parapet-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1984
- Type
- Monument
- OS grid reference
- SX 198 958
- Coordinates
- 50.73399, -4.55489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 2 metres south-west of the Church of St James, dating from the late 18th century. It commemorates Benjamin Folly, who died in 1786. The tomb is made of slatestone rubble and features an inscribed slate lid. There is a nearly illegible signature in the bottom right-hand corner of the lid, which may read "Smith 'Delabole'."
Local climate
Monument to Benjamin Folly About 2 Metres South-West of the Church of St James sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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