3 Chest Tombs Including Woodward Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres South South West of Church of St Budock is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1988. Tomb.

3 Chest Tombs Including Woodward Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres South South West of Church of St Budock

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Truro and Falmouth MP: Jayne Kirkham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1988
Type
Tomb
OS grid reference
SW 786 323
Coordinates
50.14993, -5.10028
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

There are three chest tombs located approximately 15 metres south-southwest of the Church of St Budock. These tombs date from the early 19th century, with the middle tomb belonging to Woodward and dated 1813. Two of the tombs are made of dressed granite, while the other is constructed from dressed freestone. All three tombs are rectangular in shape. The two granite tombs, including the Woodward tomb, feature pilaster corners and moulded lids, while the freestone tomb has slab sides and a moulded lid.

Local climate

3 Chest Tombs Including Woodward Tomb at Approximately 15 Metres South South West of Church of St Budock receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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