Tombchests of Hugh Poulgram and Robert and Ann Rean 4-6 Metres to South of North East Entrance of Churchyard is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. Tombchest.
Tombchests of Hugh Poulgram and Robert and Ann Rean 4-6 Metres to South of North East Entrance of Churchyard
- WRENN ID
- final-steel-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- Tombchest
- Address
- Tombchests of Hugh Poulgram and Robert and Ann Rean 4-6 Metres to South of North East Entrance of Churchyard, Polperro
- OS grid reference
- SX 172 516
- Coordinates
- 50.33593, -4.56915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tombchests of Hugh Poulgram and Robert and Ann Rean are located 4 to 6 meters south of the northeast entrance of the churchyard in Lansallos. They date from 1780 and 1784. One tombchest commemorates Robert Rean of the parish of Lanteglos, who died in 1780, along with his wife Ann. The second tombchest is in memory of Hugh, the son of Charles and Ann Poulgram of the parish of Talland, who died in 1784. Both tombchests are made of stone rubble and have slate lids, and they are built into the slope of the churchyard. The inscriptions are in lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Tombchests of Hugh Poulgram and Robert and Ann Rean 4-6 Metres to South of North East Entrance of Churchyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% 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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