Hender Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Thomas by Launceston is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1993. Tomb.
Hender Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Thomas by Launceston
- WRENN ID
- still-marble-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- North Cornwall MP: Ben Maguire (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SX 327 850
- Coordinates
- 50.64095, -4.36605
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hender Tomb, located approximately 20 meters south of the Church of St Thomas by Launceston, is a chest tomb dating from 1819. It commemorates John Hender and is constructed from dressed granite, featuring monolithic sides and an inscribed lid. The tomb has a rectangular plan.
Local climate
Hender Tomb Approximately 20 Metres South of Church of St Thomas by Launceston sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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