Tombchest 1 Metre to South of South East End of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1985. Tombchest.
Tombchest 1 Metre to South of South East End of Church
- WRENN ID
- graven-gable-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall MP: Anna Gelderd (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1985
- Type
- Tombchest
- OS grid reference
- SX 287 628
- Coordinates
- 50.4401, -4.41235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This tombchest, dated 1747, is located 1 metre to the south of the southeast end of the church in Menheniot. It commemorates John Hay of Trenant and his wife Elizabeth. The tombchest is made of ashlar stone and features a well-engraved slate set into the lid. On the north side, there is a marble panel dedicated to John Hony AM, formerly of Exeter College, Oxford, who passed away in 1767 and is buried nearby.
Local climate
Tombchest 1 Metre to South of South East End of Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% 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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