Tomb Chest of William Hickes 27 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Breock is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1988. Tomb chest.
Tomb Chest of William Hickes 27 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Breock
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1988
- Type
- Tomb chest
- OS grid reference
- SW 976 717
- Coordinates
- 50.51059, -4.85474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a tomb chest dating from 1713, located 27 metres northwest of the tower of the Church of St Breock. It commemorates William, the son of Peter Hickes of Nanscow, who died in that year. The chest is made of stone rubble and features a moulded granite cornice and a rectangular slate lid. There is a marginal inscription with a verse in the central panel, which is inscribed in upper and lower case lettering with serifs.
Local climate
Tomb Chest of William Hickes 27 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Breock sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% 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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