Gobeldick Chest Tomb About 8 Metres South East of Church of St Uvelus is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1988. Chest tomb.
Gobeldick Chest Tomb About 8 Metres South East of Church of St Uvelus
- WRENN ID
- broken-remnant-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1988
- Type
- Chest tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 872 691
- Coordinates
- 50.48362, -5.00086
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a chest tomb located about 8 metres south-east of the Church of St Uvelus, dating from the mid-18th century. It is a low chest made of dressed stone, which is concealed by turf. The tomb features a slate lid that has a grooved border. At the center of the lid, there is a winged angel head, which is flanked by an hourglass and a skull with crossed bones. The inscription is in upper and lower case with serifs, commemorating Nancy, who died in 1768, the daughter of William and Jane Gobeldick, and includes a verse below.
Local climate
Gobeldick Chest Tomb About 8 Metres South East of Church of St Uvelus sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% 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 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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