Chest Tomb at Approximately 10 Metres South of East End of Church of Saint Hilary is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1987. Tomb.
Chest Tomb at Approximately 10 Metres South of East End of Church of Saint Hilary
- WRENN ID
- hushed-keep-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1987
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SW 550 312
- Coordinates
- 50.13093, -5.42868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This chest tomb, located approximately 10 meters south of the east end of the Church of Saint Hilary, is likely from the 18th century. It is constructed from granite ashlar resting on a granite base and originally had iron railings. The tomb features a freestone lid that covers the original moulded granite lid and is rectangular in shape. The inscriptions on the tomb are indecipherable.
Local climate
Chest Tomb at Approximately 10 Metres South of East End of Church of Saint Hilary receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% 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 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% 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 0.3°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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