Group of 4 Tombchests of C Allee, J Lower, J Lower and W Rendle 11 Metres to North East of Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1988. Tombchest.
Group of 4 Tombchests of C Allee, J Lower, J Lower and W Rendle 11 Metres to North East of Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- pitched-tin-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1988
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 080 788
- Coordinates
- 50.57808, -4.71209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of four tombchests located 11 metres to the northeast of the Church of St Michael. They date from 1706, 1724, 1747, and 1819. The first tombchest belongs to Christopher Allee, who died in 1706. It is made of stone rubble and has a slate lid, featuring a marginal inscription and verse. The second tombchest is for John Lower, a gentleman from Tregreenwell, who died in 1724. It is also a stone rubble chest with a slate lid and includes a verse. The third tombchest is for John, the son of John and Ann Lower of Tregreenwell, who died in 1747. This chest is made of stone rubble, has a slate lid, a verse, and is decorated with angel's heads. The fourth tombchest is for William Rendle, who probably died in 1819. It is made of stone rubble with a slate lid, and its inscription is partly eroded.
Local climate
Group of 4 Tombchests of C Allee, J Lower, J Lower and W Rendle 11 Metres to North East of Church of St Michael 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 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% 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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