Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Gluvias is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1994. Tomb.
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Gluvias
- 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
- 18 July 1994
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 787 346
- Coordinates
- 50.17029, -5.09989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 15 metres south of the Church of St Gluvias in Penryn, dates from the early to mid-19th century. It is made of freestone and features beaded panels. The tomb has a moulded lid and an inscription that was indecipherable at the time of the survey. Additionally, there is a carved coat of arms on the west end.
Local climate
Chest Tomb Approximately 15 Metres South of Church of St Gluvias 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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