Mayn Chest Tomb About 2 Metres West of South Porch of Church of St Constantine is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1988. Chest tomb.

Mayn Chest Tomb About 2 Metres West of South Porch of Church of St Constantine

WRENN ID
gentle-wattle-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
Camborne and Redruth MP: Perran Moon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1988
Type
Chest tomb
OS grid reference
SW 730 290
Coordinates
50.1182, -5.17551
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mayn chest tomb, located about 2 meters west of the south porch of the Church of St Constantine, dates from around 1814. It is constructed from large granite slabs and features a cavetto moulded plinth and lid. The top of the lid has an inset slate plate that is inscribed in both upper and lower case with serifs and italics. The inscription commemorates James Mayn, who died in 1814, his wife Mary, who died in 1795, and other members of their family.

Local climate

Mayn Chest Tomb About 2 Metres West of South Porch of Church of St Constantine receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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